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CITY  CHARTER 


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ORDINANCES 

REVISED  TO  JAN.  1,  1895, 


OF  THE 

City  of  Quincy, 

Massachusetts. 


QUINCY: 

Advertiser  Job  Phot, 
1895. 


CITY  CHARTER 


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Commonwealth  of  Massachusetts. 


In  tiie  Yeah  One  Thousand 


Eight  Hundred  and  Eighty-eigiit, 


AN  ACT  TO  INCORPORATE  THE  CITY  OF 

QUINCY. 


lie  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in, 
(xeneral  Court  ( assembled. ,  and  by  authority  of  the  same , 
as  follows  : 

TITLE  I. 


MUNICIPAL  government. 


Section  1.  The  inhabitants  of  the  town  of  Quincy  shall, 
in  case  of  the  acceptance  of  this  act  by  the  voters  of  said  town, 
as  hereinafter  provided,  continue  to  be  a  body  politic  and  cor¬ 
porate  under  the  name  of  the  “City  of  Quincy,”  and  as  such 
shall  have,  exercise  and  enjoy  all  the  rights,  immunities,  powers, 
and  privileges,  and  shall  be  subject  to  all  the  duties  and  obliga¬ 
tions  now  pertaining  to  and  incumbent  upon  the  said  town  as  a 
municipal  corporation. 

Sec.  2.  The  administration  of  all  the  fiscal,  prudential  and 
municipal  affairs  of  said  city,  with  the  government  thereof, 
shall  be  vested  in  an  executive  department  which  shall  consist 
of  one  officer  to  be  called  the  mayor,  and  in  a  legislative  de¬ 


cay  of  Ouincy 
incorporated. 


Administration 
to  be  vested  in 
one  officer  call¬ 
ed  the  mayors 
and  a  legislative 
department  of  a 
single  body 
called  the  city 


partment  which  shall  consist  of  a  single  body  to  be  called  thecounciL 
city  council,  the  members  whereof  shall  be  called  councilmen. 


G 


To  be  divided 
into  six  wards. 


Municipal 
election  on  the 
iirst  Tuesday  o 
December. 


Mayor,  council- 
men  and  mem¬ 
bers  of  the 
school  commit¬ 
tee  to  be  elected 
by  hn'lnt 


Yacaucies. 


The  executive  department  shall  never  exercise  any  legislative 
power,  and  the  legislative  department  shall  never  exercise  any 
executive  power.  The  general  management  and  control  of  the 
public  schools  of  said  city  shall  be  vested  in  a  school  committee. 

Sec.  3.  The  territory  of  said  city  shall  first  be  divided  into 
six  wards,  as  hereinafter  provided,  but  said  number,  upon  any 
subsequent  division  of  said  city  into  new  wards,  may  be  in¬ 
creased  by  an  affirmative  vote  of  a  majority  of  the  members  of 
the  city  council,  passed  previous  to  and  in  the  year  of  such  new 
division. 


TITLE  II. 

ELECTIONS  AND  MEETINGS. 

Sec.  4.  The  municipal  election  shall  take  place  annually 
on  the  first  Tuesday  of  December,  and  the  municipal  year  shall 
begin  on  the  first  Monday  of  January  following.  All  meetings 
of  the  citizens  for  municipal  purposes  shall  be  called  by  warrants 
issued  by  order  of  the  city  council,  which  shall  be  in  such  form 
and  be  served  and  returned  in  such  manner  and  at  such  times 
as  the  council  may  by  ordinance  direct. 

Sec.  5.  At  such  municipal  election  the  qualified  voters 
shall  give  in  their  votes  by  ballots  in  the  several  wards  for 
mayor,  coun oilmen  and  members  of  the  school  committee  then 
to  be  elected,  and  the  person  receiving  the  highest  number  of 
votes  for  any  office  shall  be  deemed  and  declared  to  be  elected 
to  such  office ;  and  whenever  two  or  more  persons  are  to  be 
elected  to  the  same  office,  the  several  persons,  up  to  the  number 
required  to  be  chosen,  receiving  the  highest  number  of  votes 
shall  be  deemed  and  declared  to  be  elected.  If  it  shall  appear 
that  there  is  no  choice  of  mayor,  or  if  the  person  elected  mayor 
shall  refuse  to  accept  the  office,  or  shall  die  before  qualifying, 
or  if  a  vacancy  in  said  office  shall  occur  subsequently  and  more 
than  three  months  previous  to  the  expiration  of  the  municipal 
year,  the  city  council  shall  forthwith  cause  warrants  to  be  issued 
for  a  new  election,  and  the  same  proceedings  shall  be  had  in  all 
respects  as  are  hereinbefore  provided  for  the  election  of  mayor, 


and  shall  he  repeated  until  the  election  of  the  mayor  is  com¬ 
pleted.  If  the  full  number  of  members  of  the  city  council  has 
not  been  elected,  or  if  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  councilman 
shall  occur  subsequently  and  more  than  three  months  previous 
to  the  expiration  of  the  municipal  year,  the  council  shall  forth¬ 
with  cause  a  new  election  to  be  held  to  fill  the  vacancy  or 
vacancies. 

Sec.  6.  All  meetings  for  the  election  of  national,  state, 
county  and  district  officers  shall  be  called  by  order  of  the  city 
council  in  the  same  manner  as  meetings  for  municipal  elections 
are  called. 

Sec.  7.  The  city  council  may,  when  no  convenient  ward¬ 
room  for  holding  the  meetings  of  the  citizens  of  any  ward  can 
be  had  within  the  territorial  limits  of  such  ward,  appoint  and 
direct,  in  the  warrant  for  calling  any  meeting  of  the  citizens 
of  such  ward,  that  the  meeting  be  held  in  some  convenient  place 
within  the  limits  of  an  adjacent  ward  of  the  city;  and  for  such 
purpose  the  place  so  assigned  shall  be  deemed  and  taken  to  be 
a  part  of  the  ward  for  which  the  election  is  held. 

Sec.  8.  General  meetings  of  the  citizens  qualified  to  vote 
may  from  time  to  time  be  held  according  to  the  right  secured 
to  the  people  by  the  constitution  of  this  Commonwealth,  and 
such  meetings  may,  and,  upon  the  request  in  writing  of  fifty 
qualified  voters,  setting  forth  the  purposes  thereof,  shall  be  duly 
called  by  the  city  council. 


Meetings  for 
election  of 
national,  state* 
etc  ,  officers  to 
be  called  by 
order  of  the 
city  council. 

When  no  con¬ 
venient  ward 
room  can  be 
had  in  ward, 
meeting  may  be 
held  in  adjacent 
ward. 


General 

meetings. 


TITLE  III. 


legislative  departm e n t . 

Sec.  9.  The  members  of  the  city  council  shall  consist  of  City  counei1  to 

J  consist  ot  coun- 

councilmen  at  large  and  councilmen  from  wards,  and  shall  be  cilmen  at  lar£e 
elected  annually  as  follows:  councilmen  at  large,  in  number fl'om wards- 
one  less  than  the  number  of  wards  in  said  city,  shall  be  elected 
by  and  from  the  qualified  voters  of  the  city  voting  in  their  re¬ 
spective  wards;  and  three  councilmen  from  wards  shall  be 
elected  by  and  from  the  qualified  voters  in  each  Avard.  The 
councilmen  shall  hold  office  for  the  municipal  year  beginning 


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To  receive  no 
compensation 
for  services. 


with  the  first  Monday  in  January  following  their  election,  and 
until  a  majority  of  the  succeeding  council  shall  he  elected  and 
qualified.  They  shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their  ser¬ 
vices. 


Mayor  and  Sec.  10.  The  mayor  elect  and  the  councilmen  elect  shall 

eouncilmen  ^ 

elect  to  meet  annually,  on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  at  12  o’clock  at  noon, 

annually  on  the  1/7  ^  ^ 

first  Monday  in  meet  and  he  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  their  duties. 

-January,  .  0 

The  oath  shall  be  administered,  at  their  first  meeting  after  the 
acceptance  of  this  act,  by  the  town  clerk,  and  in  subsequent 
years  by  the  city  clerk,  or,  in  case  of  his  absence,  by  any 
justice  of  the  peace,  and  shall  be  duly  certified  on  the  journal 
of  the  city  council.  In  case  of  the  absence  of  the  mayor  elect 
on  the  first  Monday  in  January,  or  if  a  mayor  shall  not  then 
have  been  elected,  the  oath  of  office  may  at  any  time  thereafter 
be  administered  to  him  in  the  presence  of  the  council;  and  at 
any  time  thereafter  in  like  manner  the  oath  of  office  may  be 
administered  to  any  member  of  the  council  who  has  been  pre¬ 
viously  absent,  or  has  been  subsequently  elected  ;  and  every 
such  oath  shall  be  duly  certified  as  aforesaid. 

Organization.  Sec.  11.  After  the  oath  has  been  administered  to  the 

councilmen  present,  they  shall  be  called  to  order,  at  their  first 
organization  by  the  town  clerk,  and  in  subsequent  years  by  the 

President  of  the  city  clerk,  or  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  clerk,  by  the  oldest 

council.  J  1  i 

member  present.  The  person  so  calling  the  city  council  to 
order  shall  proceed  to  call  the  roll  of  members,  and  each  mem¬ 
ber  shall  declare  his  choice  for  president  of  the  council,  who 
shall  be  a  member  thereof.  If  no  quorum  is  present  an  ad¬ 
journment  shall  be  taken  to  a  later  hour  or  to  the  next  day, 
and  thereafter  the  same  proceedings  shall  be  had  from  day  to 
day  until  a  quorum  shall  be  present.  If  any  person  receive  the 
votes  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  council,  such 
person  shall  be  declared  chosen  president  thereof.  If  on  the 
first  day  on  which  a  quorum  is  present  no  person  receive  the 
votes  of  such  majority,  the  roll-call  shall  be  repeated  until  some 
person  receive  the  votes  of  such  majority  or  an  adjournment  to 
the  succeeding  day  is  taken,  and  on  such  succeeding  day  a  plur¬ 
ality  of  those  voting  shall  be  sufficient  for  an  election.  No  other 


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business  shall  be  in  order  until  a  president  is  chosen.  The 
president  shall  be  sworn  by  the  town  or  city  clerk,  as  the  case 
may  be,  or,  in  case  of  the  absence  of  the  clerk,  by  any  justice  of 
the  peace.  The  council  shall  then  proceed  to  the  choice  of  a 
clerk  in  the  same  manner  as  above  provided  for  the  choice  of 
president,  and  no  other  business  shall  be  in  order  until  a  clerk 
is  chosen.  The  president  and  the  clerk  may  be  removed  from 
office  by  the  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  the  members 
of  the  council,  taken  by  roll-call.  The  president  of  the  council 
shall  have  the  same  right  to  vote  as  any  other  member  thereof. 
The  city  clerk  may  be  chosen  clerk  of  the  council,  but  these 
offices  shall  nevertheless  remain  distinct  and  independent.  The 
clerk  of  the  council  shall  keep  a  journal  containing  a  record  of 
the  proceedings  of  the  council,  and  a  record  at  large  of  all 
votes  taken  by  roll-call,  and  he  shall  engross,  sign  and  attest  all 
ordinances  and  resolutions  of  the  council. 

Sec.  12.  The  mayor  may  at  any  time  call  a  special  meet¬ 
ing  of  the  city  council,  by  causing  written  notification  thereof, 
together  with  a  statement  of  the  subjects  to  be  considered 
thereat,  to  be  left  at  the  usual  place  of  residence  of  each  mem¬ 
ber  of  the  council,  at  least  twenty-four  hours  before  the  time 
appointed  for  such  meeting. 

Sec.  13.  The  city  council  shall  determine  the  rules  of  its 
own  proceedings  and  shall  be  the  judge  of  the  election,  returns 
and  qualifications  of  its  own  members.  In  case  of  the  absence 
of  the  president,  the  council  shall  choose  a  president  pro  tem¬ 
pore,  and  a  plurality  of  votes  cast  shall  be  sufficient  for  a 
choice.  The  council  shall  sit  with  open  doors,  and  shall  cause 
the  journal  of  its  proceedings  to  be  open  to  public  inspection. 
The  vote  of  the  council  upon  any  question  shall  be  taken  by 
roll-call  when  the  same  is  requested  by  at  least  three  members. 
A  majority  of  the  members  of  the  council  shall  be  required  to 
constitute  a  quorum,  but  a  smaller  number  may  adjourn  from 
day  to  day.  The  council  shall,  so  far  as  not  inconsistent  with 
this  act,  have  and  exercise  all  the  legislative  powers  of  towns, 
and  have  all  the  powers  and  be  subject  to  all  the  liabilities  of 
city  councils,  and  of  either  branch  thereof,  under  the  general 


Clerk  of  the 
council. 


President  and 
clerk  may  be 
removed  from 
office. 


Clerk  to  keep  a 
journal  of 
proceedings. 


Mayor  may  at 
any  time  call  a 
special  meeting 
of  the  council. 


City  council  to 
fix  rules  of  its 
proceedings, 
and  be  judge  of 
election,  etc.,  of 
members. 


Majority  to  be  a 
quorum. 


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Auditor  of 
accounts. 


Office  of  comp¬ 
troller  may  be 
established. 


City  council 
with  approval 
of  mayor,  may 
lay  out,  etc., 
streets. 


laws  of  the  Commonwealth,  and  it  may  by  ordinance  prescribe 
the  manner  in  which  such  powers  shall  be  exercised. 

Sec.  14.  The  city  council  shall  in  the  month  of  January 
choose  an  auditor  of  accounts,  who  shall  hold  office  for  the  term 
of  one  year,  beginning  with  the  first  Monday  in  February  next 
ensuing,  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen  and  qualified.  The 
council  may  at  any  time,  by  ordinance  or  resolution,  establish 
the  office  of  comptroller,  and  may  prescribe  his  duties,  and  may 
choose  a  person  to  fill  such  office  in  the  same  manner  and  for 
the  same  term  as  herein  provided  in  the  case  of  the  auditor  of 
accounts.  A  majority  of  the  votes  of  all  the  members  of  the 

roll-call  shall  be  necessary  for  the  choice  of 
the  auditor  of  accounts  and  comptroller,  and  they  may  each  be 
removed  by  the  affirmative  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members 
of  the  council  taken  by  roll-call.  The  offices  of  auditor  of  accounts 
and  of  comptroller  may  be  held  by  the  same  person. 

Sec.  15.  The  city  council  shall,  with  the  approval  of  the 
mayor,  have  exclusive  authority  and  power  to  order  the  laying 
out,  locating  anew  or  discontinuing  of,  or  making  specific  re¬ 
pairs  in,  all  streets  and  ways,  and  all  highways  within  the  limits 
of  said  city,  and  to  assess  the  damages  sustained  by  any  person 
thereby,  and  further,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  to 
act  in  all  matters  relating  to  such  laying  out,  locating  anew, 
altering,  discontinuing  or  repairing.  Any  person  aggrieved  by 
the  assessment  of  his  damages,  or  other  action  of  the  council 
under  this  section,  shall  have  all  the  rights  and  privileges  now 
allowed  by  law  in  such  cases  in  appeals  from  decisions  of  the 
selectmen. 


council  taken  by 


Ordinances, 
etc.,  involving 
expenditure  of 
more  than  $300, 
requires  an 
Affirmative 
vote  of  the 
whole  council. 


Sec.  16.  In  case  any  ordinance,  order,  resolution  or  vote 
involves  the  appropriation  or  expenditure  of  money,  to  an 
amount  which  may  exceed  three  hundred  dollars,  the  laying  of 
an  assessment,  or  the  granting  to  a  person  or  corporation  of 
any  right  in,  over  or  under  any  street  or  other  public  ground  of 
said  city,  the  affirmative  votes  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members 
of  the  city  council  shall  be  necessary  for  its  passage.  Every 
such  ordinance,  order,  resolution  or  vote  shall  be  read  twice, 
with  an  interval  of  at  least  three  days  between  the  two  readings, 


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before  being  finally  passed,  and  the  vote  upon  its  final  passage 
shall  be  taken  by  roll-call. 

Sec.  17.  Every  ordinance,  order,  resolution  or  vote  of  the  Cftrtain  ordi- 

J  ’  nances,  etc.,  to 

city  council,  except  such  as  relates  to  its  own  internal  affairs  be8Ubmittedt<> 
to  its  own  officers  or  employees,  to  the  election  oi  duties  of  theaPProval* 
auditor  of  accounts  or  comptroller,  to  the  removal  of  the  mayor, 
or  to  the  declaration  of  a  vacancy  in  the  office  of  mayor,  shall 
be  presented  to  the  mayor  for  his  approval  or  disapproval,  and 
like  proceedings  shall  be  had  thereon  as  are  in  such  case  pro¬ 
vided  by  the  general  laws  relating  to  cities. 

Sec.  18.  The  city  council  shall  have  power  within  said  City  council 

.  ^ .  >  may  make  ordi- 

city  to  make  and  establish  ordinances  and  by-laws,  and  to  affix  nances,  etc., 

J  ...  *  .  .  and  affix 

thereto  penalties  as  herein  and  by  general  law  provided,  with-  penalties, 
out  the  sanction  of  any  court  or  justice  thereof  :  provided , 
however ,  that  all  laws  and  regulations  now  in  force  in  the  town 
of  Quincy,  shall,  until  they  shall  expire  by  their  limitation,  or 
be  revised  or  repealed  by  the  council,  remain  in  force.  Com¬ 
plaint  for  the  breach  of  any  ordinance  or  by-law  may  be  made 
by  the  mayor  or  any  head  of  a  department,  or  by  any  resident 
of  the  city. 

Sec.  19.  No  vote  of  the  city  council  authorizing  or  Quincy  Water 

°  Company. 

ratifying  a  contract  for,  or  providing  for  the  purchase  by  the 
city  of  the  franchise  or  corporate  property,  or  any  rights  and 
privileges  of  the  Quincy  Water  Company,  a  corporation  estab¬ 
lished  by  chapter  one  hundred  and  sixty-two  of  the  acts  of  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-three,  or  of  its  successors 
or  assigns,  shall  take  effect  until  the  same  has  been  passed  by 
an  affirmative  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the 
council,  taken  by  roll-call,  and  the  authority  so  to  purchase  has 
been  assented  to  ,by  the  voters  of  the  city  as  provided  by  said 
act. 

Sec.  20.  The  city  council  shall  not  authorize  the  erection  of  Cit>’  council  not 

J  to  authorize 

a  schoolhouse,  or  of  any  addition  thereto,  nor  pass  any  eTcti?Jn  of  a 

J  1  1  J  schoolhouse, 

appropriation  for  such  purpose,  until  plans  for  the  same  have  Planrt 

been  approved  by  vote  of  the  school  committee  and  such  approved,  etc., 

1  1  J  by  the  school 

approval  has  been  certified  in  writing  to  the  council  by  the  committee, 
chairman  of  said  committee. 


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Xot  to  authorize 
erection  of  a 
city  hall  until 
approved  by  the 
voters. 


Sec.  21.  The  city  council  shall  not  authorize  or  appro¬ 
priate  money  for  the  erection  of  a  city  hall,  or  for  the  purchase 
or  lease  of  land  for  a  location  thereof,  until  such  erection  has 
been  approved  by  the  qualified  voters  of  the  city,  voting  in 
their  respective  precincts,  at  an  annual  municipal  election. 
The  form  of  such  approval  shall  be  prescribed  by  the  coun- 


Fire 
department. 


Police 

department. 


Removal  of 
mayor  irom 
office  for 
misconduct  or 
neglect  of 
official  duty. 


cil. 

Sec.  22.  The  city  council  may  establish  a  fire  department 
for  said  city,  to  consist  of  a  chief  engineer,  one  assistant 
engineer  from  each  ward  and  such  other  officers  and  men  as  it 
may  prescribe  ;  and  it  may  make  regulations  for  the  govern¬ 
ment  of  the  department. 

Sec.  23.  The  city  council  may,  by  the  affirmative  vote 
of  two-thirds  of  all  its  members,  establish  by  ordinance  a  police 
department,  to  consist  of  a  chief  of  police  and  such  other 
officers  and  men  as  it  may  prescribe  ;  and  may  make  regulations, 
for  the  government  of  the  department. 

Sec.  24.  At  any  meeting  of  the  city  council  it  shall  be  in 
order  for  any  member  thereof  to  give  written  notice,  seconded 
in  writing  by  a  majority  at  least  of  all  the  members  of  the 
council,  of  his  intention  to  move  at  the  next  meeting  thereof, 
occurring  within  not  less  than  ten  days,  a  resolution  that  tho 
mayor  be  removed  for  official  misconduct  or  neglect  of  duty. 
Such  notice  shall  specify  as  particularly  as  possible  the  acts  of 
misconduct  or  the  instances  of  neglect  of  duty  complained  of, 
shall  be  entered  at  large  by  the  clerk  in  the  minutes  of  the 
council,  and  the  clerk  shall  within  two  days  serve  a  copy 
thereof  upon  the  mayor  and  mail  a  copy  to  each  of  the  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  council  at  his  residence.  At  such  next  meeting  of 
the  council  the  mayor  shall  have  the  right  to  speak  in  his  own 
defence  and  to  be  heard  by  counsel.  The  vote  on  the  resolu- 
tion  shall  be  by  roll-call.  If  the  resolution  fail  to  receive  the 
affirmative  votes  of  three-fourths  of  all  the  members  of  the 
council  it  shall  have  no  effect  and  shall  not  be  re-intro¬ 
duced  during  that  meeting  of  the  council.  If  it  receive 
the  affirmative  votes  of  three-fourths  of  all  the  members  of  the 
council,  it  shall,  upon  the  service  of  a.  copy  thereof  upon  the 


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mayor,  personally  or  by  leaving  the  same  at  his  last  or  usual 
place  of  residence,  take  effect,  and  the  office  of  mayor  shall 
thereupon  become  vacant.  The  council  shall  thereupon  order 
a  warrant  for  a  new  election  for  mayor  to  be  issued,  and  such 
further  proceedings  shall  be  had  as  are  provided  in  section  five 
hereof  for  the  case  of  a  failure  to  elect  a  mayor. 

Sec.  25.  No  member  of  the  city  council  shall,  during  the  Members  of 

J  .  °  council  not  to 

term  for  which  he  is  elected,  hold  any  other  office  in  or  under  hoId  other 

^  _  office,  etc. 

the  city  government,  have  the  expenditure  of  any  money 
appropriated  by  the  council,  or  act  as  counsel  in  any 
matter  before  the  council  or  any  committee  thereof,  and  no 
person  shall  be  eligible  for  appointment  to  any  municipal  office 
established  by  the  council  during  any  municipal  year  within 
which  he  was  councilman  until  the  expiration  of  the  succeeding 
municipal  year. 


TITLE  IV 


EXECUTIVE  DEPARTMENT. 


Sec.  26.  The  executive  powers  of  the  city  shall  beExecutife, 

1  J  powers  to  be 

vested  solely  in  the  mayor  and  may  be  exercised  by  him  either  ve8ted  in  the 

*  J  mayor. 

personally  or  through  the  several  officers  and  boards  of  the 
city  in  their  departments,  under  his  general  supervision  and 
control.  In  case  of  a  vacancy  in  any  office  to  which  appoint-  Vacancies, 
ment  is  made  by  the  mayor  he  may  personally  perform  the  » 

duties  thereof  but  he  shall  not  be  entitled  to  receive  any  sal¬ 
ary  or  pay  attached  thereto.  The  mayor  shall  hold  office  for 
the  municipal  year  beginning  with  the  first  Monday  in  January 
following  his  election,  unless  sooner  removed,  and  until  his 

successor  is  elected  and  qualified.  - 

Sec.  27.  The  mayor  shall  have  the  sole  power  of  ap-  %y«r  m»y 

J  11  qppomt  and 

pointment  to  all  the  municipal  offices  established  by  or  under  rV?ov,e  “u- 

1  A  J  nneipal  officers 

this  act,  unless  herein  otherwise  provided:  and  he  may  remove  e#ab'i8hed  uu- 

1  1  J  de r  this  act, 

from  office  by  written  order  any  officer  so  appointed  hereunder  ur},e88  oth.er- 

*  J  11  wfce  herein 

for  any  cause  which  he  shall  in  his  official  discretion  deem  i/ovided- 
sufficient,  which  cause  he  shall  assign  in  his  order  of  removal,  \ 

Such  office  shall  become  and  be  vacant  upon  the  filing  with  the 


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Baliiry  of 
mayor. 


Mayor  to  have 
control,  etc.,  of 
police  force 
until  police 
department  is 
established. 


Who  may  act 
when  mayor  is 
disabled  by 
sickness  or 
absence  from 
the  city. 


city  clerk  of  such  order  of  removal,  and  the  service  of  a  copy 
thereof  upon  the  officer  so  removed,  either  personally  or  by  leav¬ 
ing  the  same  at  his  last  or  usual  place  of  residence.  The  city  clerk 
shall  keep  such  order  of  removal  on  file  where  it  shall  be  open 
to  public  inspection. 

Sec.  28  The  salary  of  the  mayor  shall  be  one  thousand 
dollars  a  year  for  the  period  of  the  first  ten  municipal  years, 
and  thereafter  shall  be  one  thousand  dollars  a  year,  and  such 
additional  sum  as  the  city  council  may  establish  by  ordinance 
passed  by  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  its  members,  such  ordinance 
not  to  take  effect,  however,  until  the  year  succeeding  that  in 
which  it  is  passed. 

Sec.  29.  Until  a  department  of  police  shall  be  established 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  mayor  shall 
have  the  appointment,  control  and  direction  of  the  police  force 
of  the  city. 

Sec.  30.  Whenever  by  reason  of  sickness  or  absence  from 
the  city  or  other  cause  the  mayor  shall  be  disabled  from  per¬ 
forming  the  duties  of  his  office,  he  may  designate  by  a  writing 
filed  in  the  office  of  the  city  clerk,  either  the  city  treasurer,  the 
commissioner  of  public  works,  the  city  clerk,  or  the  city  solici¬ 
tor  to  act  as  mayor,  or,  in  case  of  the  failure  of  the  mayor  to 
make  such  designation,  the  first  named  of  the  above  mentioned 
officers  then  performing  the  duties  of  his  office  shall  act  as 
mayor.  Such  officer  shall,  during  the  continuance  of  such 
disability,  have  all  the  rights  and  powers  of  mayor,  except  that 
he  shall  not  when  so  acting  have  the  power  of  removal,  unless 
thereto  in  any  instance  authorized  by  vote  of  the  city  council, 
nor  any  power  of  appointment  unless  such  disability  cf  the 
mayor  has  continued  for  a  period  of  thirty  days,  nor  power  to 
approve  or  disapprove  any  ordinance,  order,  resolution  or  vote 
until  within  twenty-four  hours  of  the  time  when  it  would  take 
effect  without  the  approval  of  the  mayor.  In  case  such  disa¬ 
bility  of  the  mayor  continues  for  a  period  exceeding  thirty  days, 
the  city  council  may  at  any  time  after  the  expiration  of  that 
period  declare  a  vacancy  to  exist  in  the  office  of  mayor. 

Sec.  31.  Whenever  there  shall  be  a  vacancy  in  the  office 


of  mayor,  the  president  of  the  city  council  shall  act  as  mayor  President  of  the 

.  *  J  council  may  act 

and  possess  all  the  rights  and  powers  of  mayor  during  suchincase°f 

,  .  .  °  .  vacancy  in  office 

vacancy,  except  that  when  so  acting  as  mayor  he  shall  not  have  of  mayor. 

the  power  of  appointment  or  removal  unless  thereto  in  any 

instance  authorized  by  vote  of  the  council. 

TITLE  Y. 

SCHOOL  DEPARTMENT. 

Sec.  32.  The  management  and  control  of  the  schools  of  School  commit- 

.  .  #  tee  to  have  the 

said  city  shall  be  vested  solely  in  a  school  committee,  consisting  management 

*  J  &  and  control  of 

of  members  at  large  and  members  from  wards,  who  shall  serve  ihe  school*. 

without  pay  and  shall  be  elected  from  the  inhabitants  of  the 

city  as  follows :  At  the  first  municipal  election  held  under  ®fan°er  of 

this  act  three  members  at  large  of  the  school  committee  shall 

be  elected  by  the  qualified  voters  of  the  entire  city,  one  to 

serve  for  the  term  of  three  years,  one  for  the  term  of  two  years 

and  one  for  the  term  of  one  year,  beginning  with  the  first 

Monday  in  January  then  next  ensuing,  and  thereafter  one 

member  at  large  of  said  school  committee  shall  be  elected  in 

like  manner  at  each  annual  municipal  election,  to  serve  for  the 

term  of  three  years,  beginning  with  the  first  Monday  in  January 

next  ensuing,  in  place  of  the  member  at  large  whose  term  then 

expires.  At  said  first  election  six  members  from  wards  of 

said  school  committee  shall  be  elected  by  the  qualified 

voters  in  the  several  wards  respectively,  one  such  member 

being  elected  in  each  ward,  two  of  such  members  to  serve  for 

terms  of  three  years,  two  for  terms  of  two  years,  and  two  for 

terms  of  one  year,  beginning  with  the  first  Monday  in  January 

next  ensuing.  The  selectmen  of  the  town  of  Quincy  directly 

after  the  acceptance  of  this  act  shall  determine  by  lot  which 

wards  of  said  city  shall  elect  members  as  aforesaid  for  three  Apportionment 

J  among  wards  to 

years,  two  years  and  one  year  respectively,  and  shall  give  determined 
public  notice  of  their  determination  seven  days  at  least  before 
said  first  election.  At  each  subsequent  annual  municipal 
election  the  qualified  voters  in  each  ward  which  has  elected  a 
member  from  wards  of  the  school  committee,  whose  term  of 


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Chairman  of 
the  school 
committee. 


office  then  expires,  shall  elect  in  his  place  a  member  of  said 
committee  to  serve  for  the  term  of  three  years  as  aforesaid. 
If  in  any  year  there  shall  be  a  new  division  of  said  city  into 
wards,  the  terms  of  office  of  all  of  the  members  of  the  school 
committee  from  wards  shall  expire  at  the  end  of  the  municipal 
year  in  which  such  division  is  made ;  and  at  the  municipal 
election  occurring  in  such  year  one  member  from  wards  shall 
be  elected  by  the  qualified  voters  in  each  new  ward,  and  the 
council  shall  by  lot  make  such  arrangement  of  the  terms  of 
the  respective  members  from  wards  of  said  committee  that  the 
terms  of  one-third  of  such  members,  as  near  as  may  be,  shall 
expire  each  year.  The  school  committee  shall  at  its  first  meet¬ 
ing  in  each  municipal  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be, 
choose  a  chairman  from  among  its  members  bv  ballot,  and  the 
votes  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  board  shall  be 
required  in  order  to  elect.  The  school  committee  may  at  any 
time  by  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  its  members  remove  such 
chairman  and  elect  another  in  his  place. 


Superintendent 
of  schools. 


Vacancies  in 

school 

committee. 


Sec.  33.  The  school  committee  shall,  on  the  first  Monday 
in  January,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  choose,  by  vote  of 
a  majority  of  its  members,  but  not  from  their  number,  a  super¬ 
intendent  of  schools,  who  shall  be  under  its  direction  and  control. 
Such  superintendent  shall  hold  office  until  the  first  Monday  in 
January  next  ensuing,  unless  sooner  removed,  and  until  his 
successor  is  chosen  and  qualified ;  and  he  may  be  removed 
at  any  time  by  the  school  committee  by  vote  of  a  majority 
of  its  members.  The  school  committee  shall  in  case  of  a 

vacancy  in  their  numbers  forthwith  notify  the  city  council, 

■ 

and  the  council  shall  call  a  joint  convention  of  the  members 
thereof  and  of  the  school  committee,  and  at  such  convention 
the  vacancy  shall,  by  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  of 
the  two  bodies,  be  filled  until  the  end  of  the  municipal  year  in 
which  the  warrant  for  the  next  ensuing  municipal  election  is 
issued,  and  at  such  election  the  vacancy  shall  be  filled  for  the 
remainder,  if  any,  of  the  unexpired  term  in  the  same  manner 
as  the  member  whose  office  is  vacant  was  elected. 


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TITLE  VI. 

ADMINISTRATIVE  OFFICERS. 

Sec.  34.  There  shall  he  the  following  administrative 
officers,  who  shall  perform  the  duties  by  law  and  herein  pre¬ 
scribed  for  them  respectively,  and  such  further  duties  not  in¬ 
consistent  with  the  nature  of  their  respective  offices  as  the  city 
council  may  prescribe  : — 

I.  A  commissioner  of  public  works,  who  shall  have 
cognizance,  direction  and  control : — 

a.  Of  the  performance  of  all  contracts  entered  into  by  the 
city  with  any  water  company,  of  the  observance  by  every 
water  company  having  pipes  within  the  city,  of  all  the  laws 
of  the  Commonwealth  and  ordinances  of  the  city,  and  of  all 
structures,  machinery,  pipes,  and  other  property  owned  or 
leased  by  the  city,  connected  with  the  supply  and  distribution 
of  water  ; 

b.  Of  the  construction,  alteration,  repair,  care  and  lighting 
of  streets,  ways  and  sidewalks  ; 

c.  Of  the  construction,  alteration,  repair  and  care  of  public 
buildings ;  except  that  the  care  of  all  school  buildings  shall 
remain  under  the  control  of  the  school  committee,  and  the  care 
of  the  Thomas  Crane  Public  Library  under  the  control  of  the 
boafd  of  trustees  of  said  library  ; 

d.  Of  the  construction,  alteration,  repair  and  care  of  public 
sewers  and  drains  ; 

e.  Of  the  digging,  construction  and  care  of  wells  for  the 
city  ; 

f.  Of  the  construction,  alteration,  repair,  care  and  main¬ 
tenance  of  public  bridges. 

No  person  or  corporation  authorized  by  the  city  council  to 
dig  up  any  public  street  or  sidewalk  in  said  city  shall  begin 
such  digging  before  furnishing  to  such  commissioner  security, 
satisfactory  to  him,  to  restore  such  street  or  sidewalk  to  its 
former  condition. 

The  said  commissioner  shall,  in  general,  except  as  in  section 
fifteen  of  this,  act  otherwise  provided,  have,  exclusively,  the 


Commissioner 
of  public  works.. 


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City  treasurer. 


City  clerk. 

Collector  of 
taxes. 

Uity  solicitor. 


Chief  of  police. 


Chief  engineer. 


Overseer  of 
the  poor. 


Principal  assess¬ 
or  and  assistant 
assessors. 


powers  and  be  subject  to  the  duties,  liabilities  and  penalties 
which  may,  by  law,  be  given  to  or  imposed  upon  road  commis¬ 
sioners  of  towns. 

II.  A  city  treasurer,  who  shall  receive,  have  the  custody 
of  and  pay  out  all  moneys,  and  cause  an  accurate  account  of 
the  same  to  be  kept  in  proper  book-keeping  form,  or  in  such 
form  as  the  city  council  may  prescribe.  He  shall  make  to  the 
council,  annually  or  oftener,  at  such  time  or  times  in  each  year 
as  it  shall  prescribe,  a  full  and  detailed  statement  of  the  re¬ 
ceipts  and  expenditures  of  the  city  during  such  portion  of  the 
financial  year  as  it  may  direct,  and  of  the  cash  balance  or  sur¬ 
plus  ;  and  in  every  such  statement  the  different  sources  of  the 
city  revenue  and  the  amount  received  from  each,  the  several 
appropriations  made,  the  objects  for  which  the  same  were  made, 
and  the  amount  of  moneys  expended  under  each,  the  moneys 
borrowed  on  the  credit  of  the  city,  the  authority  under  which 
each  loan  was  made,  and  the  terms  on  which  the  same  was  ob¬ 
tained,  shall  be  clearly  and  particularly  specified. 

III.  A  city  clerk. 

IV.  A  collector  of  taxes ;  and  the  offices  of  collector  of 
taxes  and  of  city  treasurer  may  be  held  by  the  same  person. 

V.  A  city  solicitor,  who  shall  have  charge  and  control  of 
the  legal  business  of  the  city,  shall  attend  to  such  matters  as 
may  be  referred  to  him  by  the  mayor,  and  shall  act  as  corpora¬ 
tion  counsel  when  called  upon  for  a  legal  opinion  by  the  city 
council,  the  mayor,  or  any  municipal  officer  established  by  this 
act. 

VI.  A  chief  of  police,  when  a  police  department  is  estab¬ 
lished  as  herein  provided. 

VII.  A  chief  engineer  of  the  fire  department,  when  a 
fire  department  is  established  as  herein  provided. 

VIII.  An  overseer  of  the  poor,  who  shall  exercise  the 
powers  and  be  subject  to  the  duties  prescribed  for  boards  of 
overseers  of  the  poor  by  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth. 

IX.  A  principal  assessor,  and  as  many  assistant  assessors 
as  there  are  wards  in  the  city,  who  shall  together  constitute  the 
board  of  assessors.  The  principal  assessor  shall  be  e,r  officio 


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Chairman  of  the  hoard.  One  assistant  assessor  shall  be  assigned 
by  the  board  to  each  ward  of  the  city.  The  city  council  may, 
by  the  affirmative  vote  of  two-thirds  of  all  its  members,  authorize 
the  appointment  of  second  assistant  assessors,  who  shall  be  ap¬ 
pointed  by  the  principal  assessor  ;  they  shall  be  equally  ap¬ 
portioned  among  the  wards  of  the  city,  shall  be  assigned  to  the 
wards  of  which  they  are  respectively  resident,  and  shall  assist 
in  assessing  only  the  persons  and  property  therein. 

X.  A  board  of  park  commissioners,  consisting  of  three  Board  of  park 

,  ,  .  .  .  ..  .  .  ,  commissioners. 

persons,  who  shall  exercise  the  powers  and  be  subject  to  the 
duties  given  to  or  imposed  upon  the  board  of  park  commis¬ 
sioners  of  the  town  of  Quincy  by  chapter  seventy  of  the  acts 
of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-two,  so  far  as  not  in¬ 
consistent  with  this  act,  and  shall  have  general  cognizance, 
direction  and  control  of  laying  out  and  caring  for  the  public 
parks  of  the  city,  and  of  all  work  in  and  upon  the  same. 

XI.  A  board  of  health,  consisting  of  five  persons  ;  but  in  Board  of  health, 
case  the  city  council  shall  at  any  time  provide  for  the  payment 

of  the  members  of  said  board,  the  number  thereafter  appointed 
shall  be  three. 

XII.  A  board  of  license  commissioners,  if  said  city  Licen®e  . 

•>  commissioners. 

authorizes  the  granting  of  licenses  for  the  sale  of  intoxicating 
liquors.  Such  board  shall  consist  of  the  following  officers,  ex 
officio  : — the  mayor,  who  shall  be  the  chairman  of  the  board, 
the  city  treasurer  and  the  chief  of  police,  or,  until  a  department 
of  police  is  established,  the  city  clerk. 

XIII.  A  board  of  trustees  of  the  Thomas  Crane  Public  TrJ1f.tcf.®af 

public  library. 

Library,  consisting  of  six  persons. 

XI V.  A  board  of  managers  of  the  Adams  Academy,  con-  Managers  of 

sisting  of  six  persons.  Academy. 

XV.  A  board  of  managers  of  public  burial  places,  consisting  Ma“?£®r8  ?f, 

^  x  17  e  public  burial 

•of  six  persons,  who  shall  have  general  cognizance,  direction  andPlaces* 
control  of  laying  out  and  caring  for  public  burial  places,  and  of 
all  work  in  or  upon  the  same. 

The  above-named  officers  and  boards  shall  be  appointed  on 
or  before  the  first  Monday  in  February,  and  shall  hold  their 
respective  offices  for  the  term  of  one  year,  beginning  with  the 


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Additional 
administrative 
offices  may  be 
established. 


Chairmen  of 
boards  to  be 
chosen  by 
ballot. 


Secretary  and 
clerk. 


Duties  of 
auditor. 


Certai  i  officers 
to  have  seats 
with  the  city 
council  ex- 
officiix. 


first  Monday  in  February,  unless  sooner  removed,  and  until 
their  respective  successors,  or  in  the  case  of  boards,  until  a 
majority  of  the  members  thereof  are  appointed  and  qualified. 
They  shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  the  duties  of 
their  respective  offices. 

The  city  council  may  by  ordinance  establish  additional  ad¬ 
ministrative  offices  and  define  the  duties  of  the  incumbents 
thereof,  and  such  offices  shall  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of 
this  act. 

Sec.  35.  Each  of  the  above-named  boards  shall,  at  its  first 
meeting  on  or  after  the  first  Monday  of  February  in  each  year, 
or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  choose  by  ballot  a  permanent 
chairman  from  among  its  members,  unless  otherwise  above  pro¬ 
vided.  No  person  shall  be  chosen  permanent  chairman  unless 
he  shall  receive  the  votes  of  a  majority  of  the  members  of  the 
board,  and  he  may  be  removed  from  such  chairmanship  by  the 
same  vote.  Each  of  said  boards  shall,  unless  it  has  a  clerk 
as  hereinafter  provided,  choose  a  secretary  from  among  its  mem¬ 
bers,  in  the  same  manner  as  above  prescribed  for  the  choice  of 
a  chairman,  and  may  remove  him  in  the  same  manner.  The 
city  council  may  authorize  any  of  said  boards  to  choose  a  clerk 
in  the  manner  above  prescribed  for  the  choice  of  a  chairman 
and  secretary,  and  may  provide  for  the  payment  of  such  clerk. 

Sec.  36.  The  auditor  of  accounts  shall,  on  the  first  busi¬ 
ness  day  of  every  month  audit  all  accounts  in  which  the  city 
is  concerned  as  debtor  or  creditor,  and  shall  report  to  the 
council  as  it  shall  direct.  He  shall  have  access  at  all  times 
during  business  hours  to  all  the  books  and  vouchers  of  the  city 
treasurer. 

Sec.  37.  The  mayor,  the  chairman  of  the  school  committee, 
the  auditor,  the  comptroller,  all  of  the  administrative  officers 
above  named  other  than  the  members  of  boards,  and  the  chair¬ 
man  of  the  above  named  boards  shall,  ex  officio ,  be  entitled  to 
seats  with  the  city  council.  The  mayor  shall,  when  requested, 
and  all  the  other  officers  above  named  shall,  unless  excused, 
attend  its  meetings ;  and  they  shall,  at  the  request  of  the 
council,  answer  for  their  respective  offices,  committees  and 


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us 


I 


boards  at  the  meetings  of  the  council.  In  case  the  chairman 
of  a  board  is  unable  to  be  present  at  any  such  meeting,  he  may 
designate  another  member  of  the  board  to  represent  it  at  such  ] 
meeting.  The  said  officer  shall  be  notified  in  like  manner  with 
the  councilmen  of  all  the  meetings  of  the  council.  They  shall  T|ev  ma-v 

°  t  ^  spfnk,  but  shalt 

have  the  right  to  speak  upon  all  matters  relating  to  their  re-no|vote* 
spective  departments,  but  upon  no  other  matters,  and  shall  have 
no  right  to  vote.  They  shall  give  such  information  as  may  beTo£ivepnch 

47  °  47  information  8 

required  by  the  members  of  the  council,  and  answer  such  ques-niaybe 

.  ^  .  1  required. 

tions  as  may  be  asked  by  the  members  in  relation  to  any  matter, 
act  or  thing  connected  with  their  respective  offices  or  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  thereof:  provided ,  however ,  that  any  Proviso, 
such  officer  may  refuse  to  answer  such  question  if  notice  thereof 
has  not  been  given  at  least  three  days  before  the  time  of  the 
meeting  in  a  notice  book  to  be  provided  for  the  purpose  by  the 
city  clerk  and  kept  in  his  office,  unless  the  council  shall  vote 
that  the  question  is  of  such  urgency  and  of  such  nature  that  it 
should  be  answered  without  notice. 

Sec.  38.  The  administrative  officers  and  boards  above 
named  in  this  title,  and  all  administrative  officers  and  ma,y/Lp,01,nt 
boards  hereafter  established  by  the  city  council  and  not  coming  emP|>yee8» etc- 
within  the  department  of  any  officer  or  board  so  above  named, 
shall  have  the  power,  except  as  herein  otherwise  provided,  to 
appoint  or  employ  and  to  remove  or  discharge  all  officers,  ^ov^Hhaii' 
clerks  and  employees,  in  their  respective  departments.  Such 
appointments  shall  not  be  for  any  specified  term,  but  shall  holdthcre%- 
good  until  removal  or  discharge.  Orders  of  removal  shall  state 
the  grounds  therefor,  and  shall  be  entered  upon  the  records  of 
the  officer  or  board  making  the  same,  and  removals  shall  take 
effect  upon  the  filing  of  a  copy  of  such  order  with  the  city 
clerk  in  a  book  provided  for  the  purpose,  and  open  to  public  ^^eonmactJ 
inspection.  The  above  named  administrative  officers  and  boards  for tw.r*i  and 
shall,  in  their  respective  departments,  make  all  necessary  con¬ 
tracts  for  work,  and  for  the  furnishing  of  materials  and  supplies 
for  the  city,  and  for  the  construction,  alteration,  rt  pair  and  care  of 
all  public  works,  institutions,  buildings  and  otTuT pi  &pecty ;  and 
shall  have,  subject  to  the  mayor,  the  direction  and  control  of  all 


the  executive  and  administrative  business  of  the  city.  They 
shall  be  at  all  times  accountable  to  the  mayor,  as  the  chief  exec¬ 
utive  officer,  for  the  proper  discharge  of  their  duties. 

Boards,  etc.,  to  Sec.  39.  Everv  board  and  every  officer  above  named,  not 

keep  record  of  ^  ^ 

official  a  member  of  a  board,  shall  keep  a  record  of  all  official  transac- 

transactions.  #  ... 

tions,  and  such  record  shall  be  open  to  public  inspection. 

Certain  officers  Sec.  40.  The  city  council  may  require  the  auditor  of 

may  be  required  ^  ^  1 

to  give  bonds,  accounts,  the  comptroller,  the  treasurer  and  such  other  officers 
as  are  entrusted  with  the  receipt,  care  and  disbursement  of 
money,  to  give  bonds  with  such  security  as  it  shall  deem  proper 
for  the  faithful  discharge  of  their  respective  duties. 

TITLE  VII. 


GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 


Officers  to  be 
6worn  within 
five  days  of 
appointment  or 
election. 


Sec.  41.  Every  person  elected  or  appointed  to  the  office 
of  auditor  of  accounts  or  comptroller,  or  to  any  administrative 
office  named  in  the  preceding  title  of  this  act,  shall,  within 
live  days  after  notice  of  such  election  or  appointment,  except  as 
herein  otherwise  provided,  take  and  subscribe,  before  the  mayor 
or  city  clerk,  or  a  justice  of  the  peace,  an  oath  or  affirmation 
faithfully  to  perform  the  duties  of  his  office,  which  oath  or  affir¬ 
mation,  or  a  certified  copy  thereof,  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of 

the  city  clerk. 

•/ 


Eligibility  for 
eleci ion  or 
appointment 
to  office. 


Office  to  become 
vacant  if 
incumbent 
ceases  to  be  a 
resident. 


Sec.  42.  No  person  shall  be  eligible  for  election  or  ap¬ 
pointment  to  any  office  established  by  this  act,  unless  at  the 
time  of  such  election  or  appointment  he  shall  have  been  a  citizen 
of  the  United  States  for  at  least  one  year,  nor  to  any  such  office 
except  the  offices  of  commissioner  of  public  works,  superintend¬ 
ent  of  schools,  chief  of  police  and  chief  engineer  of  the  fire 
department,  unless  at  the  time  of  such  election  or  appointment 
he  shall  have  been  a  resident  of  the  city  for  at  least  one  year. 
No  person  shall  be  eligible  for  election  as  a  councilman  from 
wards  unless  he  shall  have  been  a  resident  of  the  ward  for  which 
he  is  elected  for  at  least  three  months  previous  to  his  election. 

Sec.  43.  Any  office  established  by  or  under  this  act  shall 
become  vacant  if  the  incumbent  thereof  ceases  to  be  a  resident 
of  the  city.  The  conviction  of  the  incumbent  of  anv  such  office 


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of  a  crime  punishable  by  imprisonment  shall  operate  to  create  a 
vacancy  in  the  office  held  by  him. 

Sec.  44.  The  limit  of  indebtedness  of  the  said  city, 
exclusive  of  any  indebtedness  created  for  supplying  the  inhab¬ 
itants  with  water,  shall  be  one  per  cent,  of  the  average  valu¬ 
ation  of  said  city,  as  ascertained  in  accordance  with  chapter 
three  hundred  and  twelve  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hun¬ 
dred  and  eighty-five,  but  otherwise  the  general  laws  relating  to 
municipal  indebtedness  shall  apply  to  said  city.  The  financial 
year  of  the  city  shall  begin  at  such  time  as  the  city  council  shall 
by  ordinance  prescribe.  [ Amended ,  see  p.  27. ] 

Sec.  45.  The  administrative  officers  and  boards  above 
named  in  title  six  shall,  annually,  on  or  before  the  first  day  of 
M  arch,  furnish  to  the  mayor  an  itemized  and  detailed  estimate 
of  the  moneys  required  for  their  respective  departments  or  offices 
during  the  ensuing  financial  year.  The  mayor  and  city  treasurer 
shall  examine  such  estimates,  and  shall  submit  the  same  to  the 
city  council  on  or  before  the  first  day  of  April,  with  their 
itemized  and  detailed  recommendations  thereon.  No  gross 

c—  ■  -  ■■  ■  ■  ■  — -  ■-  V~" 

appropriation  of  money,  and  no  item  thereof,  in  excess  of  the 
recommendations  of  the  mayor  and  city  treasurer,  in  case  they 
shall  agree  in  such  recommendations,  shall  be  passed  by  the 
c o 1 1 ncjjji  e yye p t,  by  the  affirmative  vote  of  two-th irds  of  the 
members  present  and  voting,  and  in  no  case  by  vote  of  less  than 
a  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  council. 

Sec.  46.  Every  officer  and  employee  of  the  city,  other  than 
those  mentioned  in  section  thirty-seven  of  this  act,  shall,  at  the 
request  of  the  city  council,  appear  before  it  and  give  such  infor¬ 
mation  as  it  may  require  in  relation  to  any  matter,  act  or  thing 
connected  with  his  office  or  employment  or  the  discharge  of  the 
duties  thereof. 

Sec.  47.  The  city  council  shall  establish  by  ordinance  the 
regular  salaries  or  remuneration  of  the  offices  established  by  this 
act,  in  case  the  same  is  not  fixed  herein,  and  of  such  other  offices 
as  may  hereafter  be  established,  and  after  the  first  municipal 
year  no  ordinance  of  the  council  changing  any  such  salary  or 


Limit  of 
indebtedness 
of  the  city. 


Boards  to 
furnish  to 
maj  or  estimates 
of  moneys 
required  for 
the  year. 


Officers  and 
employees  to 
furnish  infor¬ 
mation  to  the 
city  council 
upon  request. 


Salaries  to  he 
fixed  by  ordi¬ 
nance. 


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No  expenditure 
*o  be  made  until 


Civil  service. 


remuneration^ shall  take  effect  until  the  municipal  year  succeed¬ 
ing  that  in  which  the  ordinance  is  passed. 

Sec.  48.  No  sum  appropriated  for  a  specific  purpose  shall 
appropriation  be  expended  for  any  other  purpose,  and  no  expenditure  shall  be 
made,  nor  liability  incurred,  by  or  in  behalf  of  the  city,  until  an 
appropriation  lias  been  duly  voted  by  the  city  council  sufficient 
to  meet  such  expenditure  or  liability,  together  with  all  prior 
unpaid  liabilities  which  are  payable  out  of  such  appropriation  : 
j >ror iiled,  however ,  that,  after  the  expiration  of  the  financial  year 
and  until  the  passage  of  the  regular  annual  appropriations,  lia¬ 
bilities  payable  out  of  a  regular  appropriation  to  be  contained 
therein  may  be  incurred  to  an  amount  not  exceeding  one-third  of 
the  total  of  such  appropriation  for  the  preceding  year. 

Sec.  49.  Nothing  herein  contained  shall  affect  the  enforce¬ 
ment  of  the  provisions  of  chapter  three  hundred  and  twenty  of 
the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-four,  being 
“An  Act  to  improve  the  civil  service  of  the  Commonwealth  and 
the  cities  thereof,”  or  of  the  rules  made  by  the  commissioners 
appointed  thereunder  ;  and  the  city  council  shall  make  sufficient 
and  proper  appropriations  for  the  carrying  out  and  enforcement 
of  said  act  and  such  rules  in  said  city. 

Sec.  50.  The  passage  of  this  act  shall  not  affect  any 
right,  accruing  or  accrued,  or  any  suit,  prosecution  or  other  legal 
proceeding  pending,  at  the  time  when  it  shall  take  effect  by 
acceptance,  as  herein  provided,  and  no  penalty  or  forfeiture  pre¬ 
viously  incurred  shall  be  affected  thereby.  All  persons  holding 
office  in  said  town,  at  the  time  this  act  shall  be  accepted  as  afore¬ 
said,  shall  continue  to  hold  such  offices  until  the  organization  of 
the  city  government  hereby  authorized  shall  be  effected,  and 
until  their  respective  successors  shall  be  chosen  and  qualified. 
i883ei6-2lents  t0  Sec.  51.  Chapter  one  hundred  and  sixty-two  of  the  acts 
of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty- three  is  hereby  amended 
by  inserting  after  the  words  “direction  of”,  in  line  twenty-two 
of  section  two  of  said  act,  the  words : — the  commissioner  of  public 
works  of  the  city  of  Quincy  or, — by  striking  out  in  the  thir¬ 
teenth  line  of  section  ten  of  said  act  the  words,  “by  the  water 
commissioners  hereinafter  provided  for”,  and  inserting  in  place 


No  right,  sui 
■etc.,  to  be 
affected  by 
this  act. 


thereof  the  words  :  by  the  commissioner  of  public  works  of  the- 
city  of  Quincy, — by  inserting  after  the  words,  “said  loan”,  in 
the  eighteenth  line  of  said  section,  the  words  ; —  unless  an  amount 
thereof,  equal  to  the  total  amount  divided  by  the  greatest  num¬ 
ber  of  years  which  any  of  such  securities  have  to  run,  is  made 
payable  at  the  end  of  each  year  from  the  date  of  its  issue, — and 
by  striking  out  section  twelve  of  said  act  and  inserting  in  place 
thereof  a  new  section,  as  follows  : — Sec.  12.  All  the  authority 
granted  to  the  city  of  Quincy  by  this  act,  and  not  otherwise 
specifically  provided  for,  shall  be  vested  in  the  commissioner  of 
public  works,  to  be  exercised  by  him,  subject  to  the  ordinances 
and  regulations  of  the  city  council.  In  case  a  sinking  fund  is 
constituted,  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  the  city  treasurer 
shall,  ex  officio,  be  the  trustee  of  such  sinking  fund,  subject  to 
the  ordinances  and  regulations  of  the  city  council. — The  city  of 
Quincy  is  hereby  given  all  the  rights  and  privileges,  and  made 
subject  to  all  the  duties  and  liabilities  given  to  or  imposed  upon 
the  town  of  Quincy  by  said  act,  except  as  above  amended. 

Sec.  52.  So  much  of  chapter  seventy  of  the  acts  of  the  year  Repeal- 
eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-two,  as  is  inconsistent  with  this 
act,  is  hereby  repealed,  and  the  city  of  Quincy  is  hereby  given 
all  the  rights  and  privileges  and  made  subject  to  all  the  liabilities 
therein  given  to  or  imposed  upon  the  town  of  Quincy,  with  re¬ 
lation  to  laying  out  and  maintaining  a  public  park  or  parks. 

Sec.  53.  Upon  an  acceptance  of  this  act,  as  herein  pro- Pivifion  ?f 

11  1  1  territory  ini 

vided,  the  selectmen  of  said  town  shall  forthwith  divide  the  six  wards- 
territory  thereof  into  six  wards,  so  that  the  wards  shall  contain, 
as  nearly  as  may  be  consistent  with  well-defined  limits  to  each, 
an  equal  number  of  voters,  and  they  shall  designate  the  wards  by 
numbers.  They  shall,  for  the  purpose  of  the  first  municipal 
election  to  be  held  hereunder,  which  shall  take  place  on  the  first 
Tuesday  of  December  next  succeeding  such  acceptance,  provide 
suitable  polling  places  in  the  several  wards,  and  give  notice 
thereof,  and  shall  at  least  ten  days  previous  to  such  first  Tuesday 
in  December  appoint  all  proper  election  officers  therefor,  and 
they  shall  in  general  have  the  powers  and  perform  the  duties  of 
the  mayor  and  the  board  of  aldermen  of  cities  under  chapter  two 


Selectmen  to 
notify  persons 
elected  at  first 
election,  and  to 
provide  place  o: 
meeting  for 
mayor  and  city 
council. 


Meeting  of 
voters  to  act 
upon  accep¬ 
tance  of  act. 


hundred  and  ninety-nine  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  eighty-four,  the  provisions  of  which  shall  so  far  as  applica¬ 
ble  apply  to  said  election  ;  and  the  town  clerk  shall  perform  the 
duties  therein  assigned  to  city  clerks.  The  registrars  of  voters 
shall  cause  to  be  prepared  and  published  according  to  law  lists 
of  the  qualified  voters  in  each  of  the  wards  established  by  the 
selectmen. 

Sec.  54.  The  selectmen  shall  notify  the  persons  elected  at 
such  first  election  severally  of  their  elections,  and  shall  provide 
and  appoint  a  place  for  the  first  meeting  of  the  mayor  and  city 
council  on  the  first  Monday  in  January  next  ensuing;  and  shall, 
by  written  notices  left  at  their  respective  places  of  residence,  at 
least  twenty-four  hours  prior  to  such  meeting,  notify  thereof  the 
mayor  elect,  and  councilmen  elect,  who  shall  immediately  pro¬ 
ceed  to  organize  and  carry  into  effect  the  provisions  of  this  act, 
which  shall  then  have  full  force  and  effect.  The  selectmen 
shall,  in  like  manner,  provide  and  appoint  a  place  and  time  for 
the  first  meeting;  of  the  school  committee  and  notify  the  members 
elect  thereof.  Nothing  herein  shall  affect  the  annual  meeting  in 
said  town  for  the  election  of  national,  state,  district  and  county 
officers,  which  may  be  held  next  after  the  acceptance  thereof. 

Sec.  55.  A  meeting  may  be  held  for  the  purpose  of  sub¬ 
mitting  the  question  of  the  acceptance  of  this  act  to  the  legal 
voters  of  said  town  at  any  time  within  two  years  after  the 
passage  thereof,  except  in  the  months  of  November  and  De¬ 
cember.  At  such  meeting  the  polls  shall  be  open  not  less  than 
eight  hours,  and  the  vote  shall  be  taken  by  ballot  in  accordance 
with  the  provisions  of  chapter  two  hundred  and  ninety-nine  of 
the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-four,  so  far  as 
the  same  shall  be  applicable,  in  answer  to  the  question  :  ‘-Shall 
an  act  passed  by  the  general  court  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred 
and  eighty-eight,  entitled  ‘An  Act  to  incorporate  the  city  of 
■Quincy,1  be  accepted?”  ;  and  the  affirmative  votes  of  a  majority 
of  the  voters  present  and  voting  thereon  shall  be  required  for  its 
acceptance.  If  at  any  meeting  so  held  this  act  shall  fail  to  be 
thus  accepted,  it  may,  at  the  expiration  of  three  months  from 
any  such  previous  meeting,  be  again  thus  submitted  for  accept- 


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ance,  but  not  after  the  period  of  two  years  from  the  passage 

thereof. 

Sec.  56.  So  much  of  this  act  as  authorizes  the  submission 
of  the  question  of  its  acceptance  to  the  legal  voters  of  the  said 
town  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage,  but  it  shall  not  take 
further  effect  unless  accepted  by  the  legal  voters  of  said  town  as 
herein  prescribed.  [Approved  May  17,  1888 . 


AN  AMENDMENT. 


[Chap.  256,  Acts  of  1889.] 

An  Act  to  amend  section  forty-four  of  chapter  three 

HUNDRED  AND  FORTY-SEVEN  OF  THE  ACTS  OF  THE  YEAR 
EIGHTEEN  HUNDRED  AND  EIGHTY-EIGHT  RELATING  TO  THE 
MUNICIPAL  INDEBTEDNESS  OF  THE  CITY  OF  QUINCY. 

lie  it  enacted,  etc.,  as  follows : 

Section  1.  Section  forty-four  of  chapter  three  hundred 
and  forty-seven  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred' and 
eighty-eight  is  hereby  amended  by  striking  out  the  following 
words,  “The  limit  of  indebtedness  of  the  said  city,  exclusive  of 
any  indebtedness  created  for  supplying  the  inhabitants  with 
water,  shall  be  one  per  cent,  of  the  average  valuation  of  said 
city,  as  ascertained  in  accordance  with  chapter  three  hundred 
and  twelve  of  the  acts  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty- 
five,  but  otherwise,”  so  as  to  read  as  follows  :  Section  The 

general  laws  relating  to  municipal  indebtedness  shall  apply  to 
said  city.  The  financial  year  of  the  city  shall  begin  at  such 
time  as  the  city  council  shall  by  ordinance  prescribe. 

Sec.  2.  This  act  shall  take  effect  upon  its  passage.  [. Ap¬ 
proved  April  IS,  1880 . 


To  take  full 
effect  upoa 
acceptance. 


AN  AMENDMENT. 


[Chap.  255,  Acts  of  1891.] 


An  Act  to  require  tiie  school 


COMMITTEE  OF  THE  CITY  OF 


QUINCY  TO  FURNISH  CERTAIN  ESTIMATES  TO  THE  CITY  COUNCIL. 

Be  it  enacted ,  etc.,  as  follows  : 


The  school  committee  of  the  city  of  Quincy  shall,  on  or 
before  the  twentieth  day  of  February  of  each  year,  furnish  to 
the  city  council  of  said  city  itemized  and  detailed  estimates 
of  the  amount  of  money  required  for  the  school  department  of 
the  city  during  the  ensuing  financial  year.  [Approved 
April  28,  1891. 


CITY  ORDINANCES. 


REVISED  TO  JAN.  1,  1895. 


CITY  OF  QUINCY 


No. 


1. 


AN  ORDINANCE  ESTABLISHING  THE  FIRE  DE¬ 
PARTMENT  OF  THE  CITY  OF  QUINCY. 


lie  it  ordained  by  the  City  (' ouncil  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  A  Fire  Department  is  hereby  established. 

There  shall  be  a  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department, 
and  one  Assistant  Engineer  from  each  ward,  and  one  Superin¬ 
tendent  of  Fire  Alarm,  and  members  to  the  number  of  sixty- 
nine  (69). 

One  Steam  Fire  Engine  Company,  to  consist  of  three  per¬ 
manent  men,  viz  :  Engineman,  Assistant  Engineman  and 
Driver. 

Hose  Co.  No.  1,  to  consist  of  twelve  men,  one  of  whom  shall 
be  permanent. 

Hose  Co.  No.  2,  to  consist  of  ten  men. 

Hose  Co.  No.  3,  to  consist  of  ten  men. 

Hose  Co.  No.  4,  to  consist  of  ten  men. 

Hook  and  Ladder  Co.  No.  1,  to  consist  of  thirteen  men,  one 
of  whom  shall  be  permanent. 

Chemical  Co.  No.  1, - 

Chemical  Co.  No.  2,  to  consist  of  ten  men. 


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No  person  shall  be  appointed  a  member  of  the  Fire  Depart¬ 
ment  who  does  not  sustain  a  good  moral  character,  and  who  is 
not  a  citizen  of  Quincy. 

Sec.  2.  The  Chief  Engineer  shall  be  responsible  for  the 
discipline,  good  order  and  proper  conduct  of  the  officers  and 
men  constituting  the  Department,  and  for  the  good  condition  of 
all  houses,  reservoirs,  hydrants,  engines,  hose,  hose  carriages, 
hooks  and  ladders,  trucks,  and  all  apparatus  and  furniture  thereto 
belonging  and  connected  with  the  Department.  Tie  may  re¬ 
move  or  suspend  any  officer  or  member.  ITe  shall  have  the 
control  of  the  engine  and  other  houses  used  by  the  Department ; 
of  the  furniture  therein,  and  of  the  engines  and  apparatus,  as 
well  as  of  all  other  property  appertaining  to  the  Department. 

3.  The  rank  of  officers  in  case  of  fire  shall  be  as 


follows  : 

Chief  Engineer,  assistant  engineer  of  the  ward  in  which  the 
fire  originates,  the  first  engineer  to  arrive,  the  foreman  of  the 
first  company  to  arrive  ;  and  they  shall  have  sole  and  absolute 
control  and  command  of  all  the  other  members  of  the  Depart¬ 
ment  and  of  other  persons  present  at  fires. 


[Extract  from  Cit.  35,  Public  Statutes.] 


“  Sec.  3.  The  fire-wards,  or  any  three  of  them,  present  at  a 
place  in  immediate  danger  from  a  fire,  or,  where  no  fire- wards 
are  appointed,  the  selectmen,  or  mayor  and  aldermen  present,  or, 
in  their  absence,  two  or  more  of  the  civil  officers  present,  or,  in 
their  absence,  two  or  more  of  the  chief  military  officers  of  the 
place  present,  may  direct  any  house  or  building  to  be  pulled 
down  or  demolished,  when  they  judge  the  same  to  be  necessary 
in  order  to  prevent  the  spreading  of  fire. 

Sec.  4.  In  cities  and  towns  which,  by  vote  of  the  City 
Council,  or  of  the  legal  voters  respectively,  have  accepted  the 
provisions  of  this  section,  or  of  chapter  two  hundred  and  one 
of  the  statutes  of  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  seventy-three, 
the  engineer  of  a  fire  department  in  command  at  a  fire  shall,  to 
the  exclusion  of  all  other  persons,  have  the  power  conferred  by 
the  preceding  section.” 


Sec.  4.  The  Chief  Engineer  shall  keep  rolls  of  the  com¬ 
panies,  specifying  the  name,  age,  occupation  and  residence,  and 
the  date  of  the  admission  and  discharge  of  each  member  of  the 
Department,  and  he  shall  keep  an  accurate  account  of  all  prop¬ 
erty  belonging  to  it. 

lie  shall  make  annually,  and  oftener  if  required,  to  the 
Mayor,  a  detailed  report  of  the  condition  of  the  Fire  Depart¬ 
ment,  of  loss  and  accident  by  fire,  with  the  causes  thereof,  as 
well  as  they  can  be  ascertained,  and  of  the  description  of  the 
buildings  and  other  property  destroyed  or  injured,  the  amount 
of  insurance,  and  the  names  of  the  owners,  and  such  other  duties 
as  are  prescribed  by  chapter  199  of  the  Acts  of  1888. 

Sec.  5.  The  Chief  Engineer  shall  examine  all  places  where 
shavings  or  other  combustible  materials  are  deposited  or  col¬ 
lected;  and  shall  see  to  the  removal  of  the  same,  whenever,  in  his 
opinion,  the  same  are  dangerous;  and  shall  direct  the  owners, 
tenants  or  occupants  of  such  places  to  remove  the  same,  which 
they  shall  do  forthwith  ;  and,  in  case  of  refusal  or  neglect,  he 
shall  cause  the  same  to  be  removed  at  the  expense  of  such 
owners,  tenants  or  occupants. 

Sec.  6.  The  Chief  Engineer  and  assistant  engineer  shall 
have  and  exercise  the  power  and  duties  of  forest  tire-wards,  and 
may  employ  such  assistance  as  they  may  see  tit  to  suppress 
forest  tires,  at  the  expense  of  the  city. 

Sec.  7.  The  Chief  Phigineer  shall  observe  all  buildings  in 
which  steam  engines  are  used,  and  all  buildings  in  process  of 
erection  or  alteration,  and  make  a  record  of  such  of  them  as  in 
bis  judgment  may  be  dangerous,  and  report  thereon  to  the 
Mayor  forthwith.  Whenever,  in  the  opinion  of  the  Chief  En¬ 
gineer,  any  camphene  or  other  explosive  or  inflammable  fluid  or 
material  should  be  removed,  he  shall  forthwith  notify  and  direct 
the  owner,  tenant  or  occupant  of  the  premises  upon  which  the 
same  are  situated  to  remove  the  same,  which  he  shall  forthwith 
do.  In  case  such  tenant,  owner  or  occupant  shall  refuse  or 
neglect  so  to  do,  the  Chief  Engineer  shall  cause  the  same  to  be 
removed  at  the  expense  of  such  owner,  tenant  or  occupant.  No 
person  shall  obstruct  the  Chief  Engineer  in  carrying  out  the 
provisions  of  this  section. 


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Sec.  8.  The  Chief  Engineer  shall,  on  the  last  day  of  each 
week,  prepare  a  pay-roll  of  all  permanent  men  employed  in  the 
Department,  and  present  it  to  the  Mayor  for  his  approval  or 
disapproval.  On  the  first  day  of  December,  in  each  year,  the 
clerk  of  each  company  shall  make  a  roll  bearing  the  full  name, 
age,  occupation  and  residence  of  every  call  member  of  the  com¬ 
pany,  specifying  also  the  number  of  times  the  company  has  been 
called  out,  and  the  attendance  of  each  member,  to  which  shall  be 
appended  the  following  certificate  : 


“We,  the  undersigned,  do  hereby  certify,  that,  according  to 
the  best  of  our  knowledge  and  belief,  the  foregoing  persons  are 

members  of - company,  and  that  said  company  had  consisted 

of - members  during  the  last  year ;  that  during  that  time  they 

have  performed  ail  the  duties  incumbent  upon  them  as  firemen, 
have  been  present  at  every  turnout  of  the  company,  or  have  been 
duly  excused  ;  and  that  they  are  entitled  to  all  the  privileges  and 
pay  of  firemen.’1 


The  certificate  shall  be  signed  by  the  foreman  and  clerk, 
and  shall  be  delivered  to  the  Chief  Engineer. 

The  Chief  Engineer  shall  examine  these  rolls  and  present 
them,  with  the  pay-rolls  of  the  several  companies,  to  the  Mayor 
for  his  approval  or  disapproval. 


Sec.  9.  Salaries — Chief  Engineer,  $400.00  per  year ;  he 


to  pay  his  own  clerk. 

l  i/ 

Six  Assistant  Engineers ;  Wards  1  and  3, 
Ward  4,  $50.00  per  year.  Engineers  Wards 


$100.00  per  year ; 
2,  5  and  6,  $37.50 


per  year. 

One  Engineman,  $17.00  per  week. 

One  Assistant  Engineman,  $17.00  per  week. 

One  Superintendent  of  Fire  Alarm,  $17.00  per  week. 

Driver  of  Steamer,  $17.00  per  week. 

Driver  of  II  ose  Is  o.  1,  $17.00  per  week. 

Driver  of  Hook  and  Ladder,  $17.00  per  week. 

Call  men  on  Hose  No.  1,  eleven  ;  and  Hook  and  Ladder  No. 
1,  twelve  ;  $100.00  per  year  each. 

Call  men  on  Hose  No.  2,  ten  ;  No.  3,  ten;  and  No.  4,  ten  ; 
and  Chemical  2,  ten  ;  $50.00  per  year  each. 


Steward's  of  Hose  No. 
additional  per  year  each. 

Man  who  takes  care  of 


2,  3  and  4,  and  Chemical  2,  $40.00 
Chemical  No.  1,  $40.00  per  year. 


Sec.  10.  The  Chief  Engineer  shall  have  the  care  and  man¬ 
agement  of  the  rooms,  apparatus  and  machinery  connected  with 
the  fire-alarm  telegraph,  and  shall  determine  to  whom  shall  he 
intrusted  the  keys  of  the  signal-boxes.  lie  shall  prepare  rules, 
and  directions  for  giving  alarms  of  fire  through  the  telegraph. 


Sec.  11.  No  unauthorized  person  shall  open  any  of  the 
signal-boxes,  except  in  case  of  fire,  or  interfere  with  the  wires 
or  the  poles  or  other  supports  of  the  wires. 


Sec.  12.  The  Chief  Engineer  shall  see  that  every  person 
raising  a  false  alarm  of  fire  is  prosecuted. 


Sec.  13.  No  gambling  shall  be  allowed  in  any  biiild’ng 
occupied  by  the  fire  department,  nor  shall  spirituous  liquors  be 
carried  into,  kept  or  used  there. 


Sec.  14.  No  unauthorized  person  shall  draw  water  from 
the  reservoirs  or  hydrants,  except  in  case  of  fire,  and  except  as 
otherwise  provided.  No  part  of  the  apparatus  shall  be  taken 
from  the  city,  unless  to  a  fire,  without  special  permission  from 
the  Mayor  and  Council,  nor  shall  any  engine,  hose  or  truck  be 
taken  out  of  the  city  to  a  fire  without  permission  of  the  Chief 
Engineer,  or,  in  his  absence,  that  of  the  Mayor. 

No  piece  of  apparatus  shall  be  used  for  any  purpose,  except 
in  extinguishing  fires,  without  the  consent  of  the  Chief  Engineer 
and  Mayor. 

Sec.  15.  No  occupant  of  any  building  or  room  in  which 
there  is  a  hatchway  or  trap-door  shall  suffer  the  same  to  be  left 
open  at  night. 

Sec.  16.  Any  member  of  the  Department  injured  or  dis¬ 
abled  while  on  actual  duty  shall  receive  pay  pro  rata  for  the 
time  lost  in  consequence,  not  exceeding  three  months. 


Sec.  17. 


No  person  shall  wantonly  or  carelessly  set  fire  to 


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any  tree,  bush,  grass,  leaves,  brushwood,  rubbish  or  other  sub¬ 
stance  in  any  place  in  the  city  of  Quincy. 

Sec.  18.  Whoever  shall  violate  any  provision  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  shall  forfeit  a  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars. 


/ 


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No.  2. 


AN  ORDINANCE  TO  PRESERVE  ORDER  AT  MEET¬ 
INGS  OF  THE  COUNCIL. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council ,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  If  a  person  behaves  in  a  disorderly  manner 
during  any  meeting  of  the  City  Council,  and  after  notice  from 
the  presiding  officer  persists  therein,  the  presiding  officer  may 
order  him  to  withdraw  from  the  meeting,  and  on  his  refusal  may 
order  the  constables  or  any  other  persons  to  take  him  from  the 
meeting  and  confine  him  in  some  convenient  place  until  the 
meeting  is  adjourned. 

Sec.  2.  The  person  so  refusing  to  withdraw  shall  for  such 
offence  forfeit  a  sum  not  exceeding  twenty  dollars. 


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No.-  3. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  OFFICE  OF  AUD¬ 
ITOR,  AND  DEFINING  IIIS  DUTIES. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  The  City  Council  shall,  in  the  month  of 
January,  choose  an  Auditor  of  Accounts,  who  shall  hold  office 
for  the  term  of  one  year,  beginning  work  the  first  Monday  in 
February  next  ensuing;,  and  until  his  successor  is  chosen  and 
qualified.  A  majority  of  the  votes  of  all  the  members  of  the 
Council,  taken  by  roll-call,  shall  be  necessary  for  the  choice  of 
the  Auditor  of  Accounts,  and  he  may  be  removed  by  the  affirm¬ 
ative  vote  of  a  majority  of  all  the  members  of  the  Council,  taken 
by  roll-call.  lie  shall  be  sworn  to  the  faithful  discharge  of  the 
duties  of  his  office,  and  shall  receive  such  salary  as  the  City 
Council  shall  from  time  to  time  determine,  and  whenever  there 
is  a  vacancy,  it  shall  be  filled  in  the  manner  provided  above. 

Sec.  2.  The  Auditor,  in  addition  to  the  duties  prescribed 
by  the  Charter,  shall  certify  all  bills  and  claims  against  the  City^ 
which  have  been  approved  by  the  heads  of  department,  and  after 
certification  shall  place  the  same  in  the  hands  of  the  Treasurer, 
lie  shall  also  serve  as  clerk  to  the  Committee  on  Finance  and 
Accounts. 

He  shall  keep  his  accounts  in  such  form  and  in  such  detail 
as  may  be  necessary  to  a  clear  exhibit  of  all  expenditures  and 
receipts.  He  shall  keep  an  account  with  the  Treasurer,  charg¬ 
ing  him  with  the  whole  amount  of  taxes  assessed  for  collection, 
with  the  amount  of  loans  and  sums  of  money  that  may  be  bor¬ 
rowed  for  the  city,  and  with  all  securities  and  sums  receivable^ 
in  order  that  the  description  and  value  of  all  personal  property 
belonging  to  the  city  may  be  shown  at  any  time  by  his  books, 
lie  shall  credit  each  account  with  its  appropriations  for  the  fin¬ 
ancial  year,  and  with  its  receipts,  and  charge  against  the  same  the 
expenditures  as  they  shall  from  time  to  time  be  allowed.  When¬ 
ever  an  appropriation  for  any  account  is  expended,  the  Auditor 


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shall  immediately  give  notice  thereof  to  the  Mayor,  the  City- 
Council,  and  the  Committee  on  Accounts,  which  committee  shall 
not  pass  or  allow  any  claim  or  account  chargeable  against  such 
appropriation,  until  the  City  Council  provides  the  means  of  pay¬ 
ing  the  same.  The  Auditor  shall  once  in  each  month  furnish 
the  City  Council  and  administration  boards  with  a  statement, 
showing  the  condition  of  each  account,  giving  amount  of  appro¬ 
priations,  and  receipts,  expenditures,  and  unexpended  balances 
under  the  same. 

Sec.  3.  The  Auditor  shall  countersign  all  bonds,  notes 

authority  of  the  City 
Council,  lie  shall  report  to  the  City  Council,  under  the  direc¬ 
tion  of  the  Committee  on  Accounts,  during  the  month  of  January 
in  each  year,  in  detail,  the  amount  of  appropriations,  expendi¬ 
tures,  and  receipts  during  the  preceding  financial  year ;  and  the 
whole  shall  be  arranged,  as  far  as  practicable,  to  conform  to  the 
accounts  of  the  Treasurer.  He  shall  include  in  said  report  a 
statement  of  the  funded  and  temporary  loans,  the  rate  of  interest 
thereon,  and  shall  exhibit  the  liabilities  and  assets  as  shown  on 
the  books  in  his  office  at  the  close  of  the  financial  year. 


and  certificates  of  indebtedness  issued  by 


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No.  4. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  ASSESSORS  AND 
COLLECTION  OF  TAXES. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  folloics  : 

Section  1.  The  Assessors  shall  meet  on  the  first  Monday 
in  February,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  and  organize  as  a 
board,  and  the  Principal  Assessor  shall,  ex  officio ,  be  chairman. 

Collection  of  Taxes. 

Sec.  2.  All  taxes  shall  be  paid  before  the  first  day  of 
November  of  the  year  in  which  the  assessment  thereof  is  made  ; 
and  on  all  taxes  not  paid  before  said  day,  interest  at  the  rate  of 
six  per  centum  per  annum  shall  be  added  from  and  after  said 
day,  inclusive,  until  said  taxes  are  paid. 

If  any  taxes  are  not  paid  before  the  first  day  of  January, 
the  Collector  shall  forthwith  issue  a  summons  demanding  the 
payment  thereof,  which  summons  shall  be  forthwith  served  upon 
each  delinquent  by  the  Collector,  or  any  constable  or  police 
officer  of  the  city,  either  personally  or  by  leaving  the  same  at 
his  last  and  usual  place  of  abode,  and  twenty  cents  shall  be 
added  to  said  tax  after  said  summons  has  been  issued  for  the 
same  ;  and  if  said  tax  and  the  interest  due  thereon,  and  twenty 
cents  additional  for  said  summons  are  not  paid  in  fourteen  days 
after  the  service  of  said  summons,  the  Collector  shall  forthwith 
collect  the  same  according  to  law. 

Sec.  3.  The  Collector  shall  give  a  bond  with  sufficient 
sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  in  the  sum  of  thirty 
thousand  dollars  for  the  faithful  performance  of  the  duties  of 
his  office  and  accountability  for  all  money  which  may  come  into 
his  hands  as  Collector  of  Taxes  by  virtue  of  his  office. 

Said  bond  shall  be  executed,  approved  and  delivered  to  the 
Mayor  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office.  In  case  of 
the  death  or  insolvency  of  any  of  the  sureties  on  any  bond  so 
given,  the  Collector  shall  immediately  give  a  new  bond  with 


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sufficient  sureties  as  heretofore  provided,  and  if  he  fails  to  give 
such  new  bonds  within  a  reasonable  time  after  notice  to  do  so, 
it  shall  be  sufficient  cause  for  his  removal  from  office. 

In  case  the  office  of  Treasurer  and  Collector  is  held  by  the 

«/ 

same  person,  the  bond  shall  be  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  When  the  Tax  Collector  receives  from  the  Asses¬ 
sors  the  list  of  persons  upon  whom  a  jjoll  tax  only  is  assessed, 
he  shall  immediately  make  out  the  tax  bills  and  demand  payment 
of  the  same,  either  by  delivering  the  bill  in  person,  or  by  an  au¬ 
thorized  agent,  or  sending  it  by  mail  postpaid,  and  such  poll  tax 
shall  be  paid  when  demanded  or  brought  to  the  Tax  Collector 
within  fourteen  days,  and  if  not  so  paid  to  the  Tax  Collector  he 
shall  forthwith  proceed  to  collect  the  same  in  the  manner  pro¬ 
vided  by  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth  for  the  collection  of 
taxes  from  delinquents. 

Sec.  5.  The  Tax  Collector  shall  immediately  after  receiv- 
ing  any  assessment  list  from  the  Assessors  make  out  and  cause 
bills  to  be  delivered  to  the  persons  assessed,  either  personally^ 
or  by  an  authorized  agent,  or  by  mail  postpaid,  and  if  the 
assessment  is  on  personal  property,  if  said  bills  are  not  paid 
within  thirty  days  thereafter,  he  shall  issue  a  summons  to  each 
person  who  fails  to  pay  ;  and  if  such  person  does  not  pay  his 
taxes  within  ten  days  after  the  receipt  of  such  summons  or  after 
the  service  thereof  upon  him  in  the  usual  manner,  the  said  Col¬ 
lector  shall  issue  his  warrant  for  the  collection  of  said  taxes. 


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No,  5. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  OFFICE  OF  CITY 
TREASURER  AND  DEFINING  IIIS  DUTIES. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  The  Treasurer  shall  give  a  bond  with  sufficient 
sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  Mayor,  in  the  sum  of  thirty 
thousand  dollars,  for  the  faithful  performance  of  his  duty  as 
Treasurer,  which  shall  be  executed,  approved  and  delivered  to 
the  Mayor,  before  he  enters  upon  the  duties  of  his  office.  In  case 
of  the  death  or  insolvency  of  any  of  the  sureties  on  any  bond  so 
given,  the  Treasurer  shall  immediately  give  a  new  bond  with 
sufficient  sureties,  as  heretofore  provided  ;  and  if  he  fails  to  give 
such  new  bonds  within  a  reasonable  time  after  notice  to  do  so, 
it  shall  be  sufficient  cause  for  his  removal  from  office.  The  bond 
of  the  Treasurer  shall  be  kept  by  the  Mayor,  who  shall  forth¬ 
with  upon  its  receipt  cause  written  notice  thereof  to  be  given  to 
the  Board  of  Assessors.  The  bonds  of  other  city  officers  shall 
be  kept  by  the  Treasurer.  If  the  office  of  City  Treasurer  and 
Collector  is  held  by  the  same  person  the  bond  shall  be  fifty 
thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  The  Treasurer  shall  keep,  in  books  provided  for 
that  purpose,  an  accurate  and  true  account  of  all  his  receipts 
and  payments  on  behalf  of  the  city,  making  the  same  conform 
as  nearly  as  may  be,  to  the  accounts  kept  by  the  Auditor.  lie 
shall  keep  an  account  with  each  appropriation  made  by  the  City 
Council,  and  shall  credit  each  account  with  its  appropriations, 
and  shall  charge  to  each  all  sums  paid  out  on  such  account.  lie 
shall,  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year,  make  a  written  report  to 
the  City  Council  of  the  condition  of  the  Treasury,  and  all  moneys 
received  and  paid  out  by  him  during  said  year. 

Sec.  3.  The  Treasurer  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  from 
the  Treasury  all  bills  and  claims  against  the  city  which  have 
been  approved  by  the  heads  of  departments  and  certified  to  by 
the  Auditor  ;  but  he  shall  pay  no  money  out  of  the  Treasury 
unless  so  approved  and  certified,  except  State  and  County  taxes-, 


Sec.  4.  The  Treasurer  shall,  at  the  close  of  eacli  month, 
transmit  to  the  Auditor  and  to  the  City  Council,  a  statement  in 
detail  of  all  moneys  collected  or  received  during  said  month, 
with  the  names  of  the  persons  from  whom,  and  for  what  the 
same  were  received  ;  provided ,  that  it  shall  be  sufficient  in  re¬ 
porting  the  receipts  for  taxes  and  assessments,  to  state  the  full 
amount  received. 


Sec.  5.  The  Treasurer  shall,  in  behalf  of  the  city,  sign  all 
notes,  bonds,  and  certificates  of  indebtedness  issued  by  the  city 
and  shall  see  that  they  are  countersigned  by  the  Mayor  and 
Auditor  of  Accounts,  and  that  the  City  seal  is  affixed  thereto. 


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No.  6. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING 
DERS  AND  RESOLUTIONS. 


ORDINANCES,  OR- 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy,  a, s*  follows  : 

Section  1.  All  by-laws  of  the  city  shall  be  termed  Ordi¬ 
nances,  and  the  enacting  style  shall  be  :  Be  it  ordained  by  the 
City  Council  of  Quincy,  as  follows  : 

Sec.  2.  All  ordinances  shall  be  recorded  by  the  City  Clerk 
in  the  order  in  which  they  are  passed  to  be  ordained,  in  a  book 
prepared  and  kept  for  that  purpose,  made  of  strong  linen  paper* 
with  proper  margins  and  indexes,  and  strongly  bound.  Said 
book  shall  be  lettered  “Records  of  Ordinances  of  the  City  of 
Quincy,”  and  shall  be  preserved  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk* 
subject  to  public  inspection. 

Sec.  3.  Whenever  the  City  Council  expresses  anything  by 
way  of  command,  the  form  of  expression  shall  be,  “Ordered 
and  whenever  said  board  expresses  opinions,  principles,  facts  or 
purposes,  the  form  shall  be,  “Resolved.” 

Sec.  4.  Every  such  ordinance,  order,  resolution  or  vote 
shall  go  into  effect  from  and  after  the  time  of  its  approval  by  the 
Mayor  ;  and  if  not  approved  by  the  Mayor,  or  returned,  then  as 
provided  by  the  charter  and  the  laws  of  the  Commonwealth.. 
This  section  shall  not  apply  when  it  is  provided  otherwise. 

Sec.  5.  Every  ordinance,  and  such  of  the  orders,  resolu¬ 
tions  and  votes  as  the  Council  may  direct,  shall  be  promulgated 
by  publishing  the  same  in  such  newspaper  or  newspapers, 
printed  and  published  in  the  city  of  Quincy,  as  the  Council  shall 
direct ;  but  a  failure  to  comply  with  this  section  shall  not  affect 
the  validity  of  any  ordinance,  order,  resolution  or  vote. 

u  t/  ' 


47 


XT 

.No.  / . 


AN  ORDINANCE  ESTABLISHING  THE  OFFICE  OF 
CITY  PHYSICIAN  AND  DEFINING  IIIS  DUTIES. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the 
Section  1.  The 


City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 
office  of  City  Physician  is  hereby  estab¬ 


lished. 

The  Mayor  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  first  Monday  in 
February,  appoint  a  City  Physician,  who  shall  be  a  resident  of 
Quincy,  and  who  shall  hold  his  office  one  year  from  the  first 
Monday  in  February  of  the  current  year,  and  until  his  successor 
is  appointed. 

He  shall  receive  such  compensation  as  the  City  Council  may 
determine,  the  same  to  be  paid  in  full  for  all  services  performed 
and  medicines  furnished,  administered  or  prescribed,  unless  such 
medicines  are  furnished  by  the  direct  order  of  the  Overseer  of 
the  Poor. 


Sec.  2.  The  City  Physician  shall  attend,  under  the  direc- 
tion  of  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor,  upon  all  sick  paupers,  whether 
state  or  city,  and  upon  all  sick  persons  under  the  care  of  the  city 

authorities  at  the  Almshouse  or  elsewhere  in  the  city,  and  at  the 

•/  ' 

request  of  the  Chief  of  Police  upon  all  prisoners  or  other  persons 
confined  in  the  city  lock-up  who  require  medical  or  surgical 
treatment. 

He  shall  vaccinate  all  scholars  in  the  public  schools  sent  to 
him  for  that  purpose  by  the  School  Committee,  or  Superinten¬ 
dent  of  Schools,  and  give  them  a  certificate  thereof. 

Tie  shall,  at  the  close  of  each  financial  year,  make  a  report 
to  the  Mayor,  giving  a  general  statement  of  the  amount  of  pro¬ 
fessional  service  rendered  by  him,  with  such  suggestions  as  he 
may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  also,  at  the  close  of  each  month,  report  in 
writing  to  the  Overseer  of  the  Poor  the  names  of  all  poor  people 
not  lawfully  a  charge  upon  the  city  of  Quincy  who  have  received 
attendance  from  him  during  that  month,  and  the  dates  and 
expense  of  such  attendance. 


48 


No.  8. 


AN  ORDINANCE  DEFINING  THE  DUTIES  OF  THE 
CITY  CLERK. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  The  City  Clerk  shall  notify  the  Auditor  and 
Treasurer  of  all  orders  passed  by  the  City  Council  authorizing 
appropriations,  or  abatements,  and  also  any  board  or  officer  of 
any  order  appropriating  money  to  be  expended  by  said  board 
or  officer,  or  directing  said  board  or  officer  to  do  or  not  to  do, 
or  authorizing  the  doing,  or  in  any  way  affecting  the  powers  or 
duties  of  such  board  or  officer,  immediately  after  such  orders 
are  approved  by  the  Mayor  or  are  otherwise  in  force. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall  keep  a  book  alphabetically  arranged, 
showing  the  names  of  all  streets,  ways  and  sidewalks  in  the  city, 
which  have  been  or  may  be  laid  out  and  accepted,  with  the  date 
of  the  laying  out  and  acceptance,  and  the  width  and  alterations 
made  from  time  to  time. 

Sec.  3.  He  shall  be  ex  officio  keeper  of  the  City  Seal,  but 
shall  permit  the  Mayor  or  any  other  officer  to  affix  the  same  to 
any  document  to  which  the  City  Seal  is  required  to  be  affixed 

Sec.  4.  In  order  to  secure  a  more  perfect  registration  of 
births,  marriages  and  deaths,  in  the  city  of  Quincy,  the  City 
Clerk  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  January,  and  before  his 
report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Commonwealth  thereon,  make,  or 
cause  to  be  made,  a  canvass  of  the  city  for  facts  concerning  births 
therein  during  the  previous  year,  the  expense  of  same  not  to 
exceed  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  and  to  be  paid  by 
the  city. 


41) 

No.  9. 


AN  ORDINANCE  ESTABLISHING  THE  OFFICE  OF 
CITY  MESSENGER  AND  DEFINING  ITIS  DUTIES. 


He  it  ordained  by  the  (rity  ('ouncil  of  Quincy,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  The  office  of  City  Messenger  is  hereby  estab- 
lished.  The  City  Council  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of 
January,  and  whenever  a  vacancy  occurs,  electa  City  Messenger, 
who  shall  hold  his  office  until  his  successor  is  elected,  and  shall 
receive  such  compensation  as  the  City  Council  may  determine. 

Sec.  2.  The  City  Messenger  shall,  under  the  direction  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  have  the  custody  of  such 
rooms  as  are  occupied  by  the  City  Council  and  its  committees. 

He  shall  attend  all  sessions  of  the  City  Council,  of  any 
committees  of  the  same,  and  of  such  boards  as  the  City  Council 
may  direct. 

He  shall  deliver  all  messages,  notifications  and  other  papers 
when  thereto  directed  by  the  Mayor,  President  of  the  Council, 
City  Clerk,  Treasurer,  and  chairman  of  any  board  or  committee. 

Provided ,  That  he  shall  not  be  required  so  to  do  at  the 
request  of  the  Collector  of  Taxes.  He  shall  at  all  times  be  sub¬ 
ject  to  such  further  orders  as  may  be  made  from  time  to  time  by 
the  City  Council. 


50 


No. 


10. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  CITY  SEAL. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  (hound/  of  Quincy,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  The  design  of  the  City  Seal  shall  he  a  circle, 
one  and  one-half  inches  in  diameter  ;  in  the  centre  of  the  Seal  a 
view  of  “Mount  Wollaston  in  the  outer  circle,  over  the  top, 
the  dates  1625,  1640,  1792  ;  upon  a  scroll  under  the  dates  the 
word  “Manet;”  upon  a  tablet  under  the  view  the  word  “Quincy,’’ 
the  date  of  its  incorporation  as  a  city,  1888. 

The  device  thereof  being  as  follows  : 


Sec.  2.  All  deeds  and  other  legal  documents  made,  given 
or  entered  into  by  the  city,  requiring  a  seal,  shall  be  sealed  with 
the  City  Seal,  and  shall  be  signed  and  acknowledged  in  behalf  of 
the  city  by  the  Mayor. 


51 


No.  11. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  PUBLIC  BURIAL 
PLACES. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Si  iCTiox  1.  The  Managers  of  public  burial  places  shall 
meet  on  the  first  Monday  in  February  in  each  year,  or  as  soon 
thereafter  as  may  be,  and  choose  by  ballot  from  among  its  mem¬ 
bers  a  permanent  chairman  and  a  secretary,  who  shall  keep  a 
record  of  its  proceedings. 

Sec.  2.  Said  Managers  shall  have  the  charge  and  manage¬ 
ment  of  all  the  public  cemeteries  and  burial  places  of  the  city, 
and  the  general  supervision  and  expenditure  of  all  appropria¬ 
tions  made  for  the  same,  and  may  make  all  necessary  by-laws 

9/  V 

and  rules  in  relation  thereto,  not  repugnant  to  law.  They  shall, 
at  the  close  of  each  financial  year,  make  a  report  to  the  Mayor 
of  their  proceedings  and  of  the  condition  of  the  cemeteries  and 
burial  places  under  their  care,  with  such  information  and  sugges¬ 
tions  as  they  deem  proper. 

Sec.  3.  They  may  lay  out  said  cemeteries  and  burial  places 
into  lots,  and  shall  set  apart  a  suitable  portion  as  a  public  burial 
place  for  the  use  of  the  inhabitants  free  of  charge.  They  may 
sell  and  convey  to  residents  of  the  city,  and  to  no  others,  the 
exclusive  right  of  burial,  and  of  erecting  tombs,  stones,  monu¬ 
ments  and  cenotaphs  upon  any  lot,  and  of  ornamenting  the  same 
upon  such  terms,  conditions  and  regulations  as  the  board  of 
managers  shall  prescribe,  and  the  proceeds  of  such  sales  shall  be 
paid  into  the  city  treasury,  and  be  kept  separate  and  apart  from 
other  funds,  and  shall  be  appropriated  to  pay  the  expense  of 
improving  and  embellishing  said  cemeteries  and  burial  places. 
They  may,  in  their  discretion,  accept  in  payment,  or  part  pay¬ 
ment  of  the  consideration  of  such  rights,  in  any  lot,  a  deed  from 
the  purchaser  thereof  releasing  to  the  city  similar  rights  owned 
by  him  in  any  other  lot.  The  Managers  of  the  public  burial 


places  are  authorized  to  convey  lots  in  said  burial  places,  and  the 
chairman  and  secretary  of  the  board  are  authorized  to  execute 
the  deeds  for  said  conveyances,  and  the  City  seal  shall  be  affixed 
thereto. 


Sec.  4.  Any  person  holding,  occupying  or  interested  in  any 
tot  in  a  public  burial  place  of  the  city  may  deposit  with  the  City 
Treasurer  any  sum  of  money  that  may  be  determined  by  the 
Managers  of  public  burial  places,  which  sum  so  deposited  shall 
be  entered  upon  the  books  of  the  City  Treasurer,  and  forever 
held  as  a  fund  which  shall  be  invested  or  deposited  as  directed 
by  the  Board  of  Managers  of  public  burial  places,  and  the 
income  from  all  such  investments  and  deposits  shall  be  expended 
under  the  direction  of  the  Board  of  Managers  of  public  burial 
places  for  the  purpose-  of  providing  for  the  preservation 
and  care  of  such  lot  or  its  appurtenances.  The  person  making 
such  deposit  shall  at  the  same  time  designate  in  writing,  the 
name  of  the  cemetery  in  which  the  lot  to  be  cared  for  is  located, 
the  number  and  specific  location  of  the  same,  and  the  name  of 
the  person  in  whom  the  right  of  title  thereof  stands  ;  and  the 
City  Treasurer  shall  deliver  to  such  depositor  a  certificate  of 
deposit,  setting  forth  the  same  and  the  purpose  of  said  deposit 

Sec.  5.  The  Mayor  and  City  Council  shall,  annually,  as 
soon  after  their  organization  as  practical,  appoint  a  sufficient 
number  of  funeral  undertakers  ;  persons  not  licensed  as  under¬ 
takers  are  forbidden  to  undertake  the  management  of  a  funeral. 


Sec.  f).  Upon  the  decease  of  a  person  within  the  limits  of 
the  city,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  nearest  relative  or  of  the 
person  in  whose  house  the  death  may  occur,  or  in  default  thereof, 
of  any  other  person  who  may  have  first  been  informed  of  the  event, 
to  cause  the  same  to  be  made  known  to  some  licensed  undertaker 
as  soon  as  practicable. 

Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  bury  or  inter,  or  cause  to  be  buried 
or  interred  in  the  city,  or  remove  or  cause  to  be  removed  from 
the  city,  the  body  of  a  deceased  person,  without  having  obtained 
a  permit  so  to  do  from  the  Board  of  Health  or  its  duly  appointed 
agent,  who  shall  not  grant  the  same  unless  he  shall  have  obtained 


a  certificate  of  the  cause  of  death,  signed  or  approved  as 
required  by  law  ;  and  it  is  hereby  made  his  duty  to  grant  such 
permit,  unless  cause  shall  appear  for  refusal. 

Sec.  8.  No  person  shall  bury  or  inter,  or  cause  to  be 
buried  or  interred,  any  dead  body,  at  any  other  time  than 
between  sun  rising  and  sunsetting,  except  when  authorized  by  the 
chairman  of  the  board  of  managers  of  public  burial  places; 
and  no  grave  shall  be  re-opened  for  the  burial  or  disin¬ 
terment  of  any  dead  body,  without* a  permit  shall  have  been 
obtained  as  provided  in  Section  7. 

Sec.  9.  Any  person  who  shall  offend  against  any  of  the 

provisions  of  this  ordinance  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less 

than  one  dollar,  nor  more  than  twenty  dollars. 

*/ 


54 


No.  12. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  LICENSES. 


Tie  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Auctioneers. 

Section  1.  Every  person  licensed  as  an  auctioneer  shall 
give  a  bond  in  the  sum  of  two  hundred  dollars  to  the  City 
Treasurer  with  sufficient  sureties,  to  be  approved  by  the 
Council,  with  condition  that  he  shall  in  all  things  conform  to 
the  laws  relating  to  auctioneers,  and  shall  pay  for  the  license 
the  sum  of  two  dollars.  The  City  Council  shall  cause  all  such 
licenses  to  be  recorded  by  its  clerk,  in  a  book  kept  for  that  pur¬ 
pose,  before  being  delivered  to  the  licensee. 

Billiard  Tables  and  Bowling  Alleys. 


Sec.  2.  Every  person  licensed  to  keep  a  billiard,  pool  or 
sippio  table,  or  a  bowling  alley,  shall  pay  the  City  Clerk  for  the 
use  of  the  city  the  sum  of  two  dollars  for  the  first  two  tables, 
and  one  dollar  for  each  additional  table,  and  two  dollars  for  a 
bowling;  alley.  All  such  licenses  shall  be  recorded  by  the  City 
Clerk,  in  a  book  kept  for  that  purpose,  before  being  delivered  to 
the  licensee,  and  shall  set  forth  the  name  of  the  person  licensed, 
the  nature  of  the  business,  the  number  of  tables,  and  the  build¬ 
ing  or  place  in  the  city  in  which  it  is  to  be  carried  on,  and  shall 
continue  in  force  until  the  first  day  of  May  next  ensuing  unless 
sooner  revoked. 

Provided ,  That  such  licenses  may  be  granted  during  the 
month  of  April,  to  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  May  then  next 
ensuing. 

o 


T I IEATRI C A L  E X II IBITI ONS, 


Public  Shows,  Etc. 


Sec.  3.  Every  person  licensed  to  set  up,  maintain  or  carry 
on  any  theatrical  exhibition,  public  show,  public  amusement  or 
exhibition,  mentioned  in  Section  115  of  Chapter  102  of  the 
Public  Statutes,  shall  pay  to  the  City  Clerk  for  the  use  of  the 
city,  before  such  license  is  issued,  the  following  rates  : 


For  theatrical  exhibitions  or  shows,  for  each  day  and  even¬ 
ing,  four  dollars. 

For  theatrical  exhibitions  or  shows  given  in  the  Opera 
I  louse,  for  one  year,  twenty-five  dollars. 

For  skating  rinks,  for  one  year,  twenty-five  dollars. 

For  travelling  circuses  or  travelling  shows,  exhibiting  in 
tents,  for. each  day  and  evening,  fifty  dollars. 

For  all  other  shows,  amusements  and  exhibitions,  embraced 
within  the  provisions  of  said  section,  such  sums  as  the  City 
Council  shall  determine  at  the  time  of  the  application  for  the 
license. 

Every  license  granted  as  aforesaid  shall  (if  required  by  the 
City  Council)  be  upon  condition  that  one  or  more  police  officers, 
to  be  paid  by  the  licensee,  be  assigned  to  duty  at  the  place  of 
such  exhibition,  for  the  keeping  of  order  thereat. 

Provided ,  however,  that  no  such  license  shall  permit  enter¬ 
tainment  for  gain  and  reward  upon  the  Lord’s  day,  or  exhibitions 
of  wrestling  or  sparring  upon  any  day,  unless  the  particular 
exhibition  or  entertainment  shall  be  petitioned  for,  and  the 
license  therefor  granted  bv  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  City 
Council. 

The  Mayor,  President  of  the  Council,  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works  and  Committee  on  Licenses  shall  have  the  right  to 
visit  at  all  times  such  places  of  amusement  as  are  licensed  under 
the  provision  of  this  ordinance. 

Hackney  Carriages  and  Jobbing  Wagons. 

Sec.  4.  ]STo  person  shall  set  up,  use,  or  drive  in  the  city  of 
Quincy,  any  hackney  carriages  for  the  conveyance  of  persons 
for  hire  from  place  to  place' within  said  city  without  a  license 
therefor  from  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  5.  The?  City  Council  may,  from  time  to  time,  grant 
licenses  to  such  persons  as  they  deem  expedient,  to  set  up, 
use,  or  drive  hackney  carriages  for  the  conveyance  of  persons  for 
hire  from  place  to  place  within  the  city,  and  may  establish  the 
fare  therefor,  and  may  revoke  such  licenses  at  their  discretion. 
Every  person  so  licensed  shall  pay  to  the  City  Clerk  for  the  use 


of  the  city  the  sum  of  one  dollar  for  each  carriage  so  licensed. 
All  such  licenses  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  May  next  after 
the  date  thereof,  and  shall  be  recorded  by  the  City  Clerk  before 
being  delivered  to  the  licensee. 

Provided ,  That  such  licenses  may  be  granted  in  April,  to 
take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  May  next  ensuing. 

Sec.  6.  No  license  granted  as  aforesaid  shall  apply  to  any 
carriage  except  the  particular  one  designated  therein  by  number, 
or  otherwise  made  certain,  or  shall  be  transferable  without  the 
consent  of  the  City  Council,  endorsed  thereon  by  the  City  Clerk. 

Sec.  7.  Every  person  licensed  as  aforesaid  shall  cause  his 
carriage  to  be  conspicuously  marked  with  the  license  number, 
in  figures  not  less  than  one  and  a  half  inches  long.  The  name 
of  the  licensee,  and  the  number  of  the  carriage,  together  with  the 
rates  of  fare,  shall  be  conspicuously  posted  on  a  printed  card  in 
every  such  carriage. 

-Sec.  8.  The  fare  for  the  conveyance  of  passengers  in 
hackney  carriages  shall  not  exceed  the  following  rates,  to  wit : 
For  conveying  one  or  more  passengers,  over  twelve  years  of  age, 
from  one  place  to  another  within  the  city,  not  more  than  one 
mile,  twenty-five  cents  each,  except  between  the  hours  of  10 
i\  m.  and  6  a.  m.,  when  double  said  rates  may  be  charged  ;  for  a 
distance  more  than  one  mile,  special  rates  may  be  made.  For 
each  child  between  the  ages  of  four  and  twelve  years,  but  one- 
half  of  the  above  rates  shall  be  charged  ;  and  for  children  under 
four  years  of  age,  accompanied  by  their  parent  or  guardian, 
there  shall  be  no  charge. 

Sec.  9.  Every  coach  or  other  vehicle,  whether  on  wheels 
or  runners  (except  street  cars),  drawn  by  one  or  more  horses, 
or  other  animal  power,  which  shall  be  used  in  the  city  of  Quincy 
for  the  conveyance  of  persons  for  hire  from  place  to  place  there¬ 
in,  shall  be  deemed  to  be  a  hackney  carriage  within  the  meaning 
of  this  ordinance. 

Sec.  10.  The  City  Council  may  grant  licenses  to  such  per¬ 
sons  as  they  deem  expedient  to  employ  or  use  any  wagon,  cart 
sleigh  or  other  vehicle  which  may  be  necessary  for  the  convey- 


mice*  from  place  to  place  within  the  city,  for  hire,  of  any  goods 
wares,  furniture  or  rubbish,  and  no  person  shall  use  any  of  the 
vehicles  mentioned  in  this  section,  for  the  purpose  herein  speci¬ 
fied,  without  a  license  as  aforesaid.  Every  person  licensed 
under  this  section  shall  cause  his  name  to  be  placed  in  plain, 
legible  words  on  any  such  vehicle  he  shall  use,  and  every  such 
license  shall  expire  on  the  first  day  of  May  then  next  ensuing, 
unless  sooner  revoked.  Every  person  so  licensed  shall  pay  to 
the  C  ity  Clerk,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  one  dollar  for  each  vehicle 
so  licensed. 

Dealers  i n  Junk  and  'Second-Hand  Articles. 

Sec.  11.  The  City  Council  may  license  suitable  persons  to 
be  dealers  in  and  keepers  of  shops  for  the  purchase,  sale  or 
barter  of  junk,  old  metals  or  second-hand  articles,  at  such  places 
within  the  city  as  may  be  designated  in  such  licenses,  under 
such  conditions  and  restrictions  as  are  hereafter  prescribed, 
which  shall  be  incorporated  in  every  such  license.  Such  license 
shall  continue  in  force  until  the  first  day  of  May  then  next 
ensuing,  unless  sooner  revoked,  provided  that  such  license  may 
be  granted  in  April,  to  take  effect  on  the  first  day  of  May  next 
ensuing.  The  licensee  shall  pay  to  the  City  Clerk  for  the 
license,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  two  dollars. 

Sec.  12.  Every  keeper  of  a  shop  licensed  as  aforesaid, 
shall  keep  a  book  in  which  shall  be  written  at  the  time  of  every 
purchase,  a  description  of  the  junk,  old  metal  or  second-hand 
articles  so  purchased,  the  name,  age  and  residence  of  the  person 
from  whom,  and  the  day  and  hour  when  such  purchase  was 
made.  Such  book  shall  at  all  times  be  open  for  inspection  of 
the  Chief  of  Police,  and  of  any  member  of  the  City  Council. 
Every  keeper  of  such  shop  shall  put  in  some  suitable  and  con¬ 
spicuous  place  on  his  shop  a  sign  having  his  name  and  occupa¬ 
tion  legibly  inscribed  thereon  in  large  letters.  Such  shops,  and 
all  articles  of  merchandise  therein,  may  at  all  times  be  examined 
by  the  Chief  of  Police  or  any  member  of  the  City  Council.  No 
keeper  of  such  shop  shall  directly  or  indirectly  either  purchase 
or  receive  by  way  of  barter  or  exchange  any  of  the  articles. 


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aforesaid  of  a  minor  or  apprentice,  knowing  or  having  reason  to 
believe  him  to  be  such,  and  no  article  purchased  or  received 
shall  be  sold  until  a  period  of  at  least  one  week  from  the  date  of 
its  purchase  or  receipt  has  elapsed,  unless  the  name  and  address 
of  the  person  to  whom  such  article  has  been  sold,  with  other 
facts  as  may  be  necessary  to  facilitate  the  tracing  of  such  article, 
have  been  entered  on  the  book  mentioned  in  this  section. 


Sec.  13.  Xo  wagon  shall  be  used  for  the  collection  of  junk, 
metal,  rags  or  second-hand  articles,  unless  licensed  by  the  City 
Council.  Every  such  wagon  shall  bear  conspicuously  the  own¬ 
er’s  name,  and  the  number  of  the  license  on  the  outside  and  on 
each  side.  Every  license  shall  designate  the  person  employed 
to  drive  such  vehicle.  Such  driver  shall  not  be  changed  without 
the  consent  of  the  Mayor. 

Sec.  14.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  City  Clerk  to  keep  a 
record  of  the  name  and  residence  of  every  pedler  licensed  by  the 
city,  together  with  the  number  of  the  vehicle  used  in  his  busi¬ 
ness,  and  of  the  particular  business  for  which  his  license  is 
granted  ;  a  list  of  dealers  in  articles  mentioned  in  this  ordi¬ 
nance,  and  of  the  places  wherein  the  business  is  to  be  carried 
on  ;  and  also  a  list  of  all  persons  employed  by  any  such  pedler 
or  dealer  in  the  pedling  or  collecting  of  any  such  articles. 

Sec.  15.  Whoever,  not  being  so  licensed,  keeps  such  shop, 
or  is  such  dealer  in  any  place  or  manner  than  that  designated  in 
his  license,  or  after  notice  to  him  that  his  license  has  been 
revoked,  and  whoever  violates  any  rule,  regulation  or  restriction 
contained  in  his  license  shall  forfeit  a  sum  not  exceeding;  twenty 
dollars  for  each  offence. 


Gunpowder  and  Explosive  Compounds. 

Sec.  16.  Xo  person  shall  keep  or  deposit  any  gunpowder 
within  the  city,  unless  it  is  well  secured  in  tight  casks  or 
canisters  ;  or  keep  or  deposit  more  than  fifty  pounds  of  gun¬ 
powder  in  any  shop,  store  or  other  building  which  is  within  the 
distance  of  twenty-five  rods  from  any  other  building  or  wharves  ; 
or  keep  or  deposit  more  than  twenty-five  pounds  of  gunpowder 


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In  any  shop,  store  or  other  building ;  which  is  within  the  dis¬ 
tance  of  ten  rods  from  any  other  building ;  or  keep  or  deposit 
more  than  one  pound  of  gunpowder  in  any  shop,  store  or 
other  building  which  is  within  ten  rods  of  any  other  building, 
unless  it  is  well  secured  in  copper,  tin  or  brass  canisters,  holding 
not  exceeding  five  pounds  each,  and  closely  covered  with  copper, 
brass  or  tin  covers. 

Provided ',  That  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  magazines 
for  the  storage  of  powder  at  quarries. 

Sec.  17.  The  City  Council  may  license  persons  to  sell  gun¬ 
powder.  Every  such  license  shall  continue  in  force  one  year 
from  the  date  thereof,  unless  sooner  revoked,  and  shall  set  forth 
the  name  of  the  person  licensed,  and  the  building  or  place  in  the 
city  where  the  business  may  be  carried  on,  and  shall  have  the 
provisions  of  this  ordinance  relating  thereto  printed  thereon, 
.and  there  shall  be  paid  therefor  to  the  Clerk  for  the  use  of  the 
city  the  sum  of  one  dollar.  The  City  Clerk  shall  record  all  such 
licenses,  and  the  place  of  business  named  therein  shall  not  be 
changed  without  the  consent  Qf  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  18.  Every  person  so  licensed  shall  keep  a  sign  over 
the  outside  of  the  principal  entrance  from  the  street  of  the 
building  in  which  the  powder  is  kept,  on  which  shall  be  printed 
in  capitals  the  words,  “  Licensed  to  keep  and  sell  Gunpowder 
and  every  person  owning  or  keeping  gunpowder  above  the 
•quantity  of  five  pounds  within  the  city  shall  forthwith  notify  the 
Chief  Engineer  of  the  Eire  Department  where  the  same  is  kept, 
and  shall  comply  with  any  directions  of  said  Engineer  respect¬ 
ing  the  part  of  the  building  assigned  by  him  for  its  future  keep¬ 
ing  or  storage. 

Sec.  19.  No  person  shall  keep  for  sale  or  sell  any  gun¬ 
powder  within  the  city  without  a  license  from  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  20.  No  person,  except  on  military  duty  in  the  public 
service  of  the  United  States  or  of  this  Commonwealth,  shall 
keep,  have  or  possess,  in  any  building,  place  or  vehicle,  within 
one  rod  of  a  dwelling  house,  any  explosive  compound  other  than 
gunpowder  in  quantity  exceeding  one-fifth  of  a  pound. 

Provided,  That  the  City  Council  may  license  any  suitable 


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person  to  keep,  store  and  sell  such  compound,  in  accordance- 
with  the  foregoing  provisions. 

Sec.  21.  Any  member  of  the  Police  or  Fire  Department 
may  enter  the  building  or  premises  of  any  person  licensed  to  sell 
explosive  compounds,  and  examine  and  ascertain  if  the  laws, 
rules  and  regulations  relating  thereto  are  strictly  observed,  and 
on  alarm  of  tire  may  cause  the  explosive  compounds  there  de¬ 
posited  to  be  removed  or  destroyed,  as  the  case  may  require. 

Sec.  22.  The  City  Council  may  license  any  suitable  per¬ 
son  to  keep  for  sale  and  sell  any  of  the  fireworks  called  rockets, 
crackers,  squibs  or  serpents.  Such  licensee  shall  pay  for  the 
license  to  the  Citv  Clerk  for  the  use  of  the  citv  the  sum  of  two 
dollars  and  such  license  shall  continue  in  force  until  the  first 
day  of  May  then  next  ensuing,  unless  sooner  revoked. 

Sec.  23.  No  person  shall  within  the  city  sell  or  offer  for 
sale,  or  have  in  his  possession  with  intent  to  sell,  any  toy  pistol 
in  which  explosive  compounds  are  used,  or  of  which  such  com¬ 
pounds  form  a  part,  without  a  license  from  the  City  Council ; 
and  no  person  shall  in  any  public  street,  public  place,  or  within 
any  grounds  or  buildings  belonging  to  or  in  use  of  the  city,  use, 
discharge  or  set  fire  to  any  toy  pistol,  toy  cannon,  or  any  other 
toy  in  which  explosive  compounds  are  used.  The  City  Council 
may  license  any  suitable  person  to  keep  for  sale  and  sell  such 
toy  pistols  as  aforesaid.  Such  licensee  shall  pay  for  the  license 
to  the  City  Clerk,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  the  sum  of  two  dollars, 
and  such  license  shall  continue  in  force  until  the  first  day  of 
May  then  next  ensuing,  unless  sooner  revoked. 

Sec.  24.  Camphene ,  Naphtha ,  etc.  No  person  shall  keep 
for  sale  or  sell  in  any  building  within  the  city  any  camphene, 
naphtha,  burning  fluid,  or  other  similar  explosive  or  inflammable 
fluid  without  a  license  from  the  Citv  Council :  said  Council  mav 
grant  such  licenses.  The  licensee  shall  pay  therefor  to  the  City 
Clerk,  for  the  use  of  the  city,  the  sum  of  two  dollars.  All  such 
licenses  shall  continue  in  force  until  the  first  day  of  May  then 
next  ensuing,  unless  sooner  revoked. 


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* 

Sec.  25.  Any  person  violating  any  of  the  provisions  of 
this  ordinance  shall  forfeit  and  pay  for  each  offence  a  sum  not 
•exceeding  twenty  dollars. 

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No.  13. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  TELEGRAPH,  TELE¬ 
PHONE,  AND  OTHER  ELECTRIC  WIRES. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  The  City  Council  shall  have  the  exclusive 
power  to  license  the  erection  and  maintenance  of  telegra  VK 
telephone  and  other  electric  lines  of  wires  within  the  city* 
Whenever  they  are  applied  to  for  a  location  for  such  lines  they 
shall,  if  they  grant  the  same,  first  determine  the  streets  through 
which  said  line  shall  run,  and  shall  then  require  the  company  or 
person  so  applying  to  furnish  a  plan  of  the  streets  so  designated 
therefor,  upon  a  scale  of  not  less  than  150  nor  more  than  200 
feet  to  the  inch ;  and  the  City  Council  shall  then  determine  and 
specify  on  said  plan  where  each  post  may  be  located  and  shall 
thereupon  issue  to  the  party  applying  therefor  a  certificate 
specially  enumerating  the  streets  where  the  lines  may  run, 
and  the  location  of  each  post  thereon,  as  exhibited  on  said  plan, 
the  kind  of  posts,  the  height  at  which  all  wires  must  be  placed, 
and  the  dimensions  and  location  of  the  underground  conduit,  if 
said  lines  or  any  part  thereof  shall  be  laid  under  ground.  Said 
plan  and  a  copy  of  said  certificate  shall  be  filed  in  the  office  of 
the  City  Clerk ;  and  the  construction  of  the  line  shall  conform 
thereto  in  every  particular,  and  any  post  placed  otherwise  than 
as  therein  designated  shall  be  forthwith  removed.  Any  license 
granted  hereunder  shall  be  subject  to  the  right  of  the  city,  free 
of  charge,  to  place  its  fire  alarm  telegraph  or  other  electric  lines 
upon  the  posts  or  through  the  conduit  so  licensed  to  be  main¬ 
tained  ;  and  to  the  right  of  the  city  to  license  the  location  of  lines 
by  any  other  person  or  company  upon  said  poles  and  through 
said  conduits,  upon  payment  to  the  owner  thereof  of  a  reasonable 
compensation,  to  be  determined  by  the  parties,  and  they  failing 
to  agree,  it  shall  be  determined  by  the  Mayor.  Whenever  a. 
location  is  granted  upon  posts  already  erected,  a  plan  of  the 
streets  so  traversed  need  not  be  required- 


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Sec.  2.  All  corporations,  companies  and  individuals  licensed 
to  erect  poles  and  fixtures  shall  first,  before  procedure,  give  to 
the  city  an  agreement  in  writing  satisfactory  to  the  City  Solic¬ 
itor,  saving  harmless  said  citv  against  any  and  all  claims  for 
damages,  costs,  expenses  or  compensation  for,  on  account  of,  or 
in  any  way  growing  out  of,  the  erection,  maintenance  or  use  of 
said  poles  on  said  streets. 

Sec.  3.  Every  such  line  of  wire  along  or  across  streets,  ways, 
or  other  public  places,  shall  be  placed  underground,  or  at  a 
height- not  less  than  twenty  feet  from  the  ground,  except  under 
bridges,  upon  suitable  poles,  or  from  building  to  building,  except 
that  such  electrical  conductors  and  fixtures  as  may  be  required  in 
the  construction,  maintenance  and  operation  of  electrical  rail¬ 
ways  may  be  not  less  than  eighteen  feet  from  the  ground.  Every 
such  line  of  wire  shall  be  so  constructed,  placed  and  maintained 
as  not  to  interfere  with  any  other  line,  nor  with  the  operation  of 
the  fire  alarm  telegraph  ;  and  all  unused  lines  of  wire  shall  be 
forthwith  removed.  Except  for  street  railway  purposes,  no  more 
than  one  line  of  posts  or  one  conduit  shall  be  maintained  in  any 
street ;  and  no  tree  upon  any  street  or  other  public  place  shall  be 
cut  or  trimmed  to  make  room  for  such  wires,  without  the  consent 
of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Sec.  4.  Every  employee,  official  or  agent  in  the  employ  of 
any  telegraph,  telephone  or  electric  company,  who  desires  access 
to  any  premises  within  this  city,  upon  business  of  the  company, 
appertaining  to  the  repairing  or  laying  of  lines  over,  through  or 
along  said  premises,  shall  be  furnished  by  the  company  with  a 
certificate  of  his  authority  to  act  therefor,  and  shall  not  enter 
upon  said  premises  without  first  exhibiting  such  certificate  to  the 
owner  or  occupant  thereof,  and  receiving  permission  to  so  enter. 

Sec.  5.  The  posts  shall  be  kept  well  painted,  of  a  uniform 
color,  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  ; 
and  the  name  of  said  company  shall  be  distinctly  painted  or 
imprinted  on  the  cross-bar  used  and  occupied  by  said  company, 
on  said  posts  ;  and  the  location  of  any  posts,  when  once  erected, 
shall  not  be  changed  without  the  permission  of  the  Commis¬ 
sioner  of  Public  Works. 


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Sec.  6.  The  city  shall  have  the  exclusive  use  of  the 
upper  cross-bar,  and  the  top  of  each  post,  free  of  cost,  for  the 
purpose  of  placing  wires  thereon ;  said  cross-bar  shall  be  a 
four-pin  cross-bar,  of  not  less  than  five  feet  in  length,  and 
shall  be  placed  at  not  less  than  three  feet  from  the  cross-bar 
next  to  it. 

Sec.  7.  The  Chief  Engineer  of  the  Fire  Department  shall 
have  the  supervision  of  all  telegraph,  telephone  and  other 
electric  lines  of  wires  within  the  city,  and  shall  see  that  all  laws 
and  ordinances  in  relation  thereto  are  enforced. 

Sec.  8.  Whoever  violates  any  of  the  provisions  of  this 
ordinance  shall  forfeit  and  pay  a  fine  not  exceeding  twenty 
dollars  for  each  offence. 


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No.  15. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  BOARD  OF 
MANAGERS  OF  THE  WOODWARD  FUND  AND 
PROPERTY. 


J3e  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  A  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Woodward  Fund 
and  Property  is  hereby  established. 

Sec.  2.  Said  Board  shall  consist  of  the  Mayor,  City 
Treasurer,  City  Clerk  and  Auditor  of  Accounts,  and  one  citizen, 
not  a  member  of  the  Council,  to  be  elected  by  ballot  by  the  City 
Council  in  the  month  of  January. 

Sec.  3.  Said  Board  shall  have  the  management  of  said 
fund  and  property,  and  exercise  all  the  powers  and  duties  of  the 
government  of  the  City  of  Quincy  in  relation  thereto,  as  pre¬ 
scribed  by  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Ebenezer  Woodward, 
deceased. 

Sec.  4.  Said  Board  may  make  such  rules  and  regulations 
for  their  own  government,  and  for  the  government  of  all 
subordinate  officers  in  their  department,  as  they  deem  expedient. 


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No.  17. 


AN 


ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  STREETS  AND  PUBLIC 


GROUNDS. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  No  person,  unless  authorized  by  law,  shall 
break  or  dig  up  any  part  of  any  street  or  square  or  erect 
thereon  any  staging  for  building,  or  place  thereon  any  lumber, 
brick  or  other  building  materials  without  a  written  license  from 
the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works.  Any  person  intending  to 
erect  or  repair  any  building  upon  land  abutting  on  a  street,  shall 
give  notice  to  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  who  may,  at  the 
owner’s  request,  set  apart  such  portion  of  the  street  as  they  shall 
deem  expedient  for  such  use.  Such  person  shall,  before  the 
expiration  of  his  license,  remove  all  rubbish,  and  restore  such 
street,  square  or  park  to  its  former  condition,  to  the  satisfaction 
of  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works.  Every  person  so  licensed 
shall,  in  writing,  agree  to  indemnify  the  city  against  all  damage 
or  loss  to  the  city,  accruing  from  the  doing  of  any  act  or  thing 
under  such  license,  and  sureties  may  be  required  by  the  Com¬ 
missioner  of  Public  Works,  and  every  person  who,  when  so 
licensed,  shall  obstruct  or  render  unsafe  any  public  street,  square 
or  sidewalk,  shall  guard  the  same  by  a  proper  fence  or  railing, 
and  by  lights  during  the  night  time,  subject  to  the  approval  of 
the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works.  Such  license  may  be 
revoked  at  any  time  by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  or  by 
the  City  Council. 

Sec.  2.  If  a  person  shall  dig  a  cellar,  or  other  cavity, 
in  the  ground  near  to  or  adjoining  any  street,  he  shall,  so  long 
as  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  may  require,  keep  a  railing 
or  fence  on  or  near  the  line  of  such  street,  sufficient  to  protect 
travellers  from  falling  into  the  place  so  dug,  or  being  injured 
thereby. 

Sec.  3.  No  person  shall  make  or  cause  to  be  made,  any 
aperture  in  or  under  any  street  or  sidewalk,  which  can  interfere 


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'with  the  rights  o>r  control  of  the  city  therein,  constructing  coal¬ 
holes,  or  receptacles  for  any  other  articles,  or  for  light  and  air, 
or  for  any  other  purpose,  without  a  license  from  the  Com¬ 
missioner  of  Public  Works  ;  and  no  person  shall  leave  such 
coal-hole  open  or  unfastened  except  while  actually  in  use. 

Sec.  4.  No  person  shall  place  or  maintain  over  any  street 
or  sidewalk  any  sign,  awning,  shade  or  other  obstruction,  unless 
the  same  is  safely  and  securely  supported,  and  is  not  less  than 
eight  feet  from  the  ground  at  its  lowest  part ;  and  such  awning, 
if  built  over  a  sidewalk,  shall  extend  as  far  as  the  outside  edge 
thereof. 

Sec.  5.  No  person  shall  suffer  his  building  to  shed  water 
upon  any  street  or  sidewalk  in  this  city,  to  the  injury  or  in¬ 
convenience  of  passengers,  nor  allow  any  sink  water,  or  other 
impure  water,  to  run  from  the  house,  barn  or  lot  occupied  by 
him  or  under  his  control  into  any  highway  or  public  place. 

Sec.  6.  No  person  shall  place  or  cause  to  be  placed  or 
deposited,  upon  any  street,  sidewalk  or  other  public  place  in 
this  city,  merchandise,  ashes,  shavings,  house-dirt,  filth,  offal,  or 
rubbish,  which  shall  in  an v  way  obstruct  and  disfigure  the  same  ; 
nor  suffer  his  wood  and  coal  to  remain  unnecessarily  on  any 
street  or  sidewalk.  And  no  person  shall  saw  or  split  wood,  or 
pile  the  same  on  any  sidewalk  ;  provided ,  that  ashes  may  be 
placed  in  the  streets  for  collection,  in  such  manner  and  on  such 
days  as  the  Board  of  Health  may  direct. 

Sec.  7.  No  person  shall  place  or  keep  any  table,  stall, 
booth,  or  other  structure  in  any  street  or  sidewalk,  nor  place  or 
keep  the  same  in  any  of  the  public  grounds  of  the  city,  for  the 
sale  of  fruit  or  other  things,  without  permission  in  writing  from 
the  city  officer  or  board  having  the  same  in  charge. 

Sec.  8.  No  person  shall  climb,  peel,  deface  or  injure  any 
ornamental  or  shade  tree,  shrub  or  vine  growing  in  any  of  the 
streets  or  public  grounds  of  the  city,  without  a  permit  in  writing 
from  the  board  of  officers  having  such  street  or  public  ground  in 
charge  ;  and  no  person  shall  tie  or  fasten  any  horse,  mule  or 
team  of  any  kind  to  any  ornamental  or  shade  tree,  shrub  or  vine, 
or  to  any  fence  or  other  structure  erected  for  the  protection  of 


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sucli  tree,  shrub  or  vine,  in  any  street  or  public  place  in  the  city 
or  in  any  way  injure  or  deface  the  same. 

Sec.  9.  No  person  shall  suffer  any  horse,  mule  or  team  of 
.any  kind,  belonging  to  him  or  in  his  charge,  to  remain  standing 
in  any  street  or  public  place  in  the  city,  not  in  the  care  of  some 
competent  person,  without  being  properly  weighted,  or  securely 
fastened  to  some  post  or  immovable  thing,  not  prohibited  in  the 
previous  section,  nor  suffer  such  horse,  mule  or  team  to  go  at 
large  in  any  such  street  or  public  place,  without  a  rider  or 
driver. 

Sec.  10.  No  person,  being  the  owner,  keeper,  or  having  the 
custody  of  any  horse,  cow,  or  other  animal,  shall  permit  or  suffer 
the  same  to  pasture,  with  or  without  a  keeper,  upon  any  street, 
sidewalk,  or  any  public  ground  in  this  city,  or  to  go  at  large 
therein,  nor  suffer  such  horse,  cow,  or  other  animal  to  go,  or 
remain  upon  any  sidewalk  in  said  city. 

Sec.  11.  No  person  shall  stop  with  any  team  or  carriage 
in  or  on  any  street  in  this  city,  in  such  a  manner  as  to  hinder 
or  obstruct  the  travel  over  such  street,  nor  at  the  side  of,  or  so  near 
to  another  team  as  to  obstruct  public  travel. 

Sec.  12.  No  person  shall  stop  with  any  team  or  carriage, 
■or  place  any  obstruction  of  any  kind  upon  any  flag  or  stepping 
.-stone,  or  other  foot-walk  across  any  street  in  this  city. 

Sec.  13.  No  person  shall  ride  in  any  carriage,  or  drive  any 
horse  or  horses  in  any  street  in  this  city  at  a  rate  of  speed 
^exceeding  eight  miles  per  hour,  nor  in  such  a  manner  as  to  en¬ 
danger  or  unreasonably  inconvenience  passengers  on  said  streets. 

Sec.  14.  No  person  shall  drive  any  horse,  cart  or  carriage, 
or  wheel,  push,  or  draw  any  wheelbarrow,  handcart,  or  other 
vehicle,  or  ride  any  bicycle  or  tricycle  on  the  sidewalk  of  any 
••street  of  this  city,  except  for  the  purpose  of  crossing  such  side¬ 
walk,  in  order  to  go  in  or  out  of  some  adjoining  enclosure  ;  pro¬ 
vided,  that  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  children’s  or  invalid’s 
carriages  propelled  by  hand. 

Sec.  15.  No  person  shall  coast  or  slide  down,  across,  or 
:along  any  of  the  streets  or  sidewalks  of  this  city,  upon- any  sled, 
board,  brother  vehicles  for  coasting  or  sliding,  except  in  such 


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places  and  under  such  restrictions  as  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works  or  City  Council  may  designate  and  require. 

Sec.  16.  No  person  shall  stand,  or  remain  alone,  or  with 
or  near  others  in  any  street  in  this  city,  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
obstruct  a  free  passage  for  passengers  therein,  or  over  any  foot¬ 
way  or  sidewalk  ;  nor  shall  any  person  sit  or  lounge  upon  any 
fence  or  post  in  front  of  or  enclosing  any  of  the  public  grounds 
of  this  city. 

Sec.  17.  No  person  shall  wilfully  injure,  mar,  deface  or 
destroy  any  fence,  signboard,  guideboard,  awning,  lamp-post, 
lamp,  or  lantern  in  any  street  or  public  place  in  this  city  ; 
and  no  person  shall  light  or  extinguish  any  public  lamp  in  any 
street  or  public  place,  except  by  virtue  of  a  contract  with  the 
city,  or  permission  from  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Sec.  18.  No  person  shall,  in  any  way,  injure  any  of  the 
drinking  fountains  and  watering-troughs  in  the  streets  and 
public  grounds  of  the  city,  nor  throw  or  place  any  substance 
into  the  same. 

Sec.  19.  No  person  shall  make,  write,  print  or  post  any 
indecent  or  obscene  marks,  words,  figures  or  signs  upon  any  fence, 
building,  post,  tree  or  other  object  exposed  to  public  view,  nor, 
without  a  license  from  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works  first 
obtained,  post  up  any  placards,  show-cards,  hand-bills  or  posters 
upon  any  tree,  post  or  buildings,  within  any  street  or  public 
places  in  the  city,  or  upon  any  buildings,  structure,  or  land  be¬ 
longing  to  the  city. 

Sec.  20.  No  person  shall  ring,  or  cause  to  be  rung,  any  bell 
or  use,  or  cause  to  be  used  any  horn  or  other  instrument  to  give 
notice  of  his  business  or  calling,  or  to  sell  any  articles,  unless1, 
licensed  by  the  Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Sec.  21.  No  person  shall  walk,  stand,  or  lounge  upon  any 
portion  of  any  street  or  public  grounds  in  the  city  especially 
prepared  and  devoted  by  the  officers  in  charge  thereof  to  the 
growing  of  grass  or  flowers,  nor  in  any  way  dig  up,  injure  or 
deface  the  same. 

Sec.  22.  No  person  shall  expose  himself  in  swimming  or 
bathing  in  the  day  time,  in  any  of  the  ponds,  streams,  or  waters. 


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within  the  limits  of  the  city,  in  view  of  spectators  from  any 
street,  public  ground,  dwelling  house,  railroad  or  steamboat, 
unless  properly  clothed. 

Sec.  23.  No  person  shall  behave  himself  in  a  rude  or  dis¬ 
orderly  manner,  nor  use  indecent,  profane  or  insulting  language 
in  any  street,  public  place,  or  public  building  in  this  city,  nor  be 
or  remain  upon  any  door  step,  portico  or  other  projection  from 
any  such  building,  nor  in  any  public  hall,  or  entrance  thereto,  to 
the  annoyance  or  disturbance  of  any  person  ;  nor  shall  any  per¬ 
son  wilfully  frighten  any  horse  or  other  animal,  nor  engage  in 
game,  sport  or  amusement  in  any  street  of  the  city,  whereby 
the  free,  safe,  and  convenient  use  thereof,  by  travellers  thereon, 
shall,  in  any  way  be  interrupted,  or  the  occupants  of  adjoining 
■estates  unreasonably  annoyed  and  disturbed. 

Sec.  24.  No  person  shall  take  hold  of,  or  ride  upon  any 
carriage  or  sleigh,  or  other  vehicle,  while  the  same  is  passing 
through  any  street  or  public  place  of  the  city,  without  the  con¬ 
sent  of  the  owner  or  driver  thereof. 

Sec.  25.  In  case  of  fire,  the  Fire  Department,  its  officers  and 
members,  with  their  horses,  machines,  and  equipments,  shall  have 
the  right  of  way  in  the  public  streets  and  ways  of  the  city,  as 
against  all  other  persons,  vehicles,  or  animals,  and  no  person  shall 
hinder  or  obstruct  them  in  the  free  passage  therein,  nor  drive 
over  any  hose  belonging  to  the  Fire  Department,  with  any  carri¬ 
age,  or  other  vehicle,  nor  remove,  injure,  or  in  any  manner 
disturb  the  members  thereof,  their  horses,  machines,  hose  or 
equipments,  when  stationed,  located,  or  laid  in  any  such  public 
street,  except  under  the  direction  of  the  officer  in  command 
thereat. 

Sec.  26.  No  person  shall  move  any  building  through  any 
street  in  the  city,  unless  by  authority  of  a  license  from  the 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works,  and  under  such  restrictions  as 
said  Commissioner  may  see  fit  to  prescribe. 

Sec.  27  The  City  Council  may  order  all  buildings  front¬ 
ing  on  any  public  street  or  way  to  be  numbered  in  regular  suc¬ 
cession,  and  may,  in  such  order,  determine  the  character  of  the 
numbers  to  be  affixed,  and  the  place,  order  and  succession 


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thereof.  The  owner  or  occupant  of  any  building,  subject  to 
such  order,  shall,  within  thirty  days  after  being  notified  of  the 
same,  comply  therewith. 

Sec.  28.  No  person  shall  fire  or  discharge  any  gun  or 
pistol,  or  other  firearms,  in  or  across  any  of  the  streets  or  public 
places  within  the  city  ;  but  this  section  shall  not  apply  to  the 
use  of  such  weapons  at  any  military  exercise  or  review,  under 
the  authority  of  a  commissioned  officer  of  the  militia,  nor  in  the 
lawful  defence  of  the  person,  family  or  property  of  any  citizen, 
or  in  the  performance  of  any  duty  required  by  law,  nor  to  any 
person  firing  a  salute  by  leave  of  the  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works. 

Sec.  29.  The  owner  or  person  having  the  care  of  any 
building  so  located,  abutting  upon  or  near  to  any  public  street 
or  way,  that  snow  or  ice  may  fall  from  the  roof  thereof,  shall 
cause  all  snow  and  ice  to  be  removed  from  said  roof  within 
twenty-four  hours  after  the  same  shall  cease  falling  or  forming. 

Sec.  30.  Whenever  the  word  “street”  or  “streets”  is  used 
in  this  ordinance,  it  shall  be  understood  as  meaning  to  include 
lanes,  alleys,  courts,  public  squares,  and  sidewalks,  unless  other¬ 
wise  expressed. 

Sec.  31.  No  person  shall  sing  or  play  or  perform  on  any 
musical  instruments  in  the  streets  or  public  places  of  the  City 
of  Quincy,  except  in  connection  with  a  funeral,  military  parade 
or  a  procession  of  a  political,  civic  or  charitable  organization, 
for  which  a  police  escort  is  provided,  unlicensed  thereto  by  the 
Commissioner  of  Public  Works. 

Sec.  32.  Whoever  drops  or  lets  fall  or  permits  or  allows 
to  drop  or  fall,  upon  any  way  or  highway  of  the  city,  from 
any  wagon,  cart  or  vehicle,  any  piece  of  stone  or  granite,  or 

other  article  of  such  a  size  or  character  as  may  endanger  public 
travel,  unless  the  same  be  immediately  removed  from  the  limits 
of  the  way  or  highway,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  more 

than  twentv  dollars  for  each  offence. 

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Sec.  33.  Whoever  violates  a  provision  of  any  ordinance 
of  the  city,  shall,  unless  other  provision  is  expressly  made,  be 
liable  to  a  penalty  of  not  more  than  twenty  dollars  for  each 
offence. 


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No.  18. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  SALARIES. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows : 

Sec.  1.  The  compensation  to  be  paid  the  several  officers 
mentioned  in  this  section,  for  each  municipal  year,  shall  be  fixed 
at  the  annual  rates  herein  set  forth,  and  shall  be  payable  in 
equal  monthly  instalments,  from  the  appropriations  made  for 
the  payment  of  the  salaries  of  city  officers,  to  wit : 

City  Treasurer 
City  Solicitor 


City  Auditor 
City  Physician 
City  Messenger 
City  Clerk 

the  fees  and  emoluments  of  the  office  to  be 
paid  into  the  city  treasury. 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works  .  .  .  . 

he  to  furnish  his  horse  and  carriage,  and 
pay  for  its  keeping. 

Tax  Collector  ..... 

and  five  per  cent,  on  all  single  poll  taxes  col¬ 
lected  before  the  first  day  of  January. 
Overseer  of  the  Poor  ...... 

and  his  expenses  incurred  in  visiting  the  poor 
outside  of  the  city,  to  be  paid  by  the  city. 
Chief  Engineer  of  Fire  Department 
Clerk  of  Council  ...... 

Principal  Assessor  ..... 

Six  Assistant  Assessors,  each 
Three  members  of  the  Board  of  Health,  each 
Clerk  to  Board  of  Health  .... 

Inspector  of  Milk  ..... 

Inspector  of  Animals  and  Provisions  . 

Clerk  of  Committees,  (Council) 


$1200  00 
700  00 
600  00 
300  00 
250  00 
1200  00 


2000  00 


600  00 


400  00 


400  00 
200  00 
600  00 
350  00 
150  00 
50  00 
150  00 
300  00 
300  00 


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Inspector  of  Plumbing,  $3.00  per  building  requiring  plumbing. 

Sec.  2.  The  compensation  to  be  paid  the  several  officers 
mentioned  in  this  section  shall  be  fixed  at  the  sum  herein  set 
forth  and  paid  from  the  appropriations  made  for  the  payment 


of  the  salaries  of  city  officers,  to  wit : 
Four  Registrars  of  Voters,  each 

100 

00 

per  annum 

Sealer  of  Weights  and  Measures 

15 

00 

u  u 

Ward  clerks  ..... 

7 

50 

per  day 

Deputies  ..... 

1 

50 

u  u 

Wardens  ..... 

7 

50 

u  u 

Deputies  ..... 

1 

50 

u  u 

Inspectors  ..... 

7 

50 

a  u 

Deputies  ..... 

1 

50 

u  u 

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No.  20. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  GRADE  OF 
CELLARS. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Sec.  1.  Before  the  construction  of  any  cellar  is  commenced 
■a  notice  in  writing  shall  be  sent  to  the  Commissioner  of  Public 
Works. 

Sec.  2.  No  cellar  shall  hereafter  be  built  or  dug,  the  bot¬ 
tom  of  which  is  below  a  grade  approved  by  the  Commissioner 
of  Public  Works. 


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No.  21. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  INSPECTION  AND 
SALE  OF  MILK. 


/>V  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Sec.  1.  The  Mayor  shall  annually,  on  or  before  the  first* 
Monday  in  February,  appoint  an  Inspector  of  Milk,  who  shall 
be  a  resident  of  Quincy,  and  who  shall  hold  his  office  one  year 
from  the  first  Monday  in  February  of  the  current  year  and  until 
his* successor  is  appointed.  lie  shall  receive  such  compensation 
as  the  City  Council  may  determine. 

Sec.  2.  He  shall  keep  an  office  and  books  for  the  purpose 
of  recording  the  names  and  places  of  business  of  all  persons  en¬ 
gaged  in  the  sale  of  milk  within  the  city.  He  may  enter  all 
places  where  milk  is  stored  or  kept  for  sale  and  all  carriages  used 
for  the  conveyance  of  milk,  and  when  he  has  reason  to  believe 
that  any  milk  found  by  him  is  adulterated  he  shall  take  specimens 
thereof  and  cause  the  same  to  be  analyzed  or  otherwise  to  be 
satisfactorily  tested,  and  shall  make  a  record  of  the  result  of 
such  analysis  or  test  and  preserve  such  record  as  evidence. 

Sec.  3.  Every  person  who  conveys  milk  in  carriages  or 
otherwise,  for  the  purpose  of  selling  the  same  in  the  city,  shall 
annually  in  the  month  of  May,  be  licensed  by  the  Inspector  in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  and  subject  to  the  penalties  of 
the  Public  Statutes,  to  sell  milk  within  the  limits  of  the  city, 
and  shall  pay  to  the  Inspector  fifty  cents  to  the  use  of  the  city. 

Every  person  who  sells  milk,  or  offers  it  for  sale  in  any  store 
booth,  stand,  or  market  place  in  the  city,  shall  register  in  the 
books  of  the  Inspector  and  shall  pay  to  him  fifty  cents  to  the 
use  of  the  city.  The  Inspector  shall  pay  over  monthly  to  the 
City  T  reasurer  all  sums  collected  by  him. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Inspector  to  institute 
•a  complaint  for  a  violation  of  any  of  the  provisions  of  the 
Statutes  concerning  inspection  and  sale  of  milk  upon  evidence 
satisfactory  to  him  upon  which  to  sustain  such  complaint. 


Sec.  5.  The  Inspector  shall  cause  the  name  and  place  of 
business  of  every  person  convicted  of  selling  adulterated  milk, 
or  having  the  same  in  his  possession  with  intent  to  sell,  to  be 
published  in  two  newspapers  in  the  city  or  county. 

Sec.  6.  The  Inspector  shall  annually,  at  the  end  of  each 
fiscal  year,  present  to  the  Mayor  a  report,  giving  a  statement  of 
the  service  rendered  bv  him. 


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No.  22. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  BOARD  OF 
HEALTH. 


lie  it  ordained  by  the  City  (  bmncil  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Seci  nox  1.  The  Board  of  Health  is  hereby  authorized  to 
cdioose  by  ballot  a  Clerk,  who  must  receive  a  majority  vote  of 
the  Board,  and  who  shall  receive  a  salary  of  fifty  dollars  per 
jear  for  his  services. 


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No.  28. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  TRUANTS. 


7>V  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follow*  : 

Any  minor  between  the  ages  of  seven  and  fifteen  years, 
convicted  of  being  an  habitual  truant,  or  of  wandering  about  the 
streets  or  public  places,  having  no  occupation  or  business,  not  at¬ 
tending  school,  and  growing  up  in  ignorance,  shall  be  committed 
to  the  Plummer  Farm  School  or  to  the  County  Truant  School,, 
for  such  time,  not  exceeding  two  years,  as  the  Justice  of  the  Dis¬ 
trict  Court  of  East  Norfolk  may  determine. 


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No.  25. 


AN  ORDINANCE  ESTABLISHING  A  POLICE  DEPART¬ 
MENT  FOR  THE  CITY  OF  QUINCY. 


lie  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  A  Police  Department  is  hereby  established 
which  shall  consist  of  a  Chief  of  Police  and  eight  patrolmen, 
and  no  person  shall  be  appointed  a  member  of  the  police  de~ 
partment  who  does  not  sustain  a  good  moral  character,  and 
except  the  chief,  who  is  not  a  citizen  of  Quincy. 

Sec.  2.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  be  responsible  for  the 
discipline,  good  order  and  proper  conduct  of  the  men  constitut¬ 
ing  the  department,  and  for  the  good  condition  of  all  the  pro¬ 
perty  connected  with  the  department.  lie  shall  be  subject  to 
all  the  provisions  of  the  City  Charter,  and  shall  enforce  the 
rules  and  regulations  established  by  the  City  Council  for  the 
government  of  the  department. 

Sec.  8.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  keep  a  roll  of  the  mem¬ 
bers  of  the  department  specifying  the  name,  age,  residence,  date 
of  admission  and  discharge  of  each  member  of  the  same,  and 
shall  beep  an  accurate  account  of  all  property  belonging  to  it. 
He  shall  make  to  the  Mayor  annually,  and  oftener  if  required,  a 
detailed  report  of  the  condition  of  the  department,  and  shall 
keep  a  record  of  all  the  business  of  the  same  and  of  all  prose- 
cations  instituted  by  it  before  the  courts. 

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Sec.  4.  All  lines  and  penalties  incurred  for  violation  of 
the  bv-laws  and  ordinances  shall  be  collected  by  the  Chief  of 
Police,  and  these,  with  all  fees  in  any  criminal  case,  or  for  ser¬ 
vice  of  any  criminal  process,  or  for  any  service  in  behalf  of  the 
city  received  by  him  or  by  any  member  of  the  police  force  shall 
be  paid  into  the  City  Treasury. 

All  moneys  received  by  any  member  of  the  police  depart¬ 
ment  as  above  shall  be  paid  to  the  Chief  of  Police. 

All  sums  of  money  received  by  the  City  Treasurer  under 


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this  section  shall  he  placed  by  him  to  the  credit  of  the  police 
department. 

Sec.  5.  The  Chief  of  Police  shall  on  the  last  day  of  each 
week  prepare  a  pay-roll  of  all  permanent  men  employed  in  the 
department  and  present  it  to  the  Auditor  for  certification. 

Sec.  6.  Salaries  paid  to  the  Police  Department  shall  be 
as  follows  :  Chief  of  Police,  $1,000  per  year,  payable  in  equal 
monthly  instalments;  Patrolmen  each,  $16  per  week. 

Sec.  7.  Whenever  by  reason  of  sickness  or  absence  from 
the  city  or  other  cause,  the  Chief  of  Police  shall  be  disabled 
from  performing  the  duties  of  his  office,  the  Mayor  shall  desig¬ 
nate  by  a  writing  filed  in  the  office  of  the  City  Clerk  some 
other  member  of  the  department  to  act  as  and  perform  the 
duties  of  Chief  of  Police,  during  such  disability,  and  no  longer. 

Sec.  8.  The  Chief  of  Police  may  establish  rules  and  regu¬ 
lations  for  the  government,  disposition,  and  management  of  the 
police  department  consistent  with  the  laws  of  the  Common¬ 
wealth  and  with  the  ordinances  of  the  city,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  the  Mayor. 

Sec.  9.  City  Ordinance  No.  19,  being  an  ordinance  estab¬ 
lishing  the  office  of  Deputy  Manager  of  Police  and  defining  the 
duties  of  the  incumbent  thereof,  is  hereby  repealed. 


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No.  26. 


AN  ORDINANCE  CONCERNING  THE  BOARD  OF 
WATER  COMMISSIONERS  AND  DEFINING  THEIR 
DUTIES. 


He  it  ordained  by  tlce  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows : 

Section  1.  The  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  shall  at 
their  first  meeting  on  or  after  the  first  Monday  of  February  in 
each  year,  or  as  soon  thereafter  as  may  be,  choose  by  ballot  from 
.among  their  members  a  Chairman  and  a  Secretary,  who  shall 
keep  a  record  of  their  proceedings ;  and  they  may  make  such 
regulations  for  their  own  government  in  relation  to  all  their 
officers  as  may  be  deemed  expedient. 

Sec.  2.  Said  Board  shall  appoint  a  Superintendent  of  the 
Water  Works  and  such  subordinate  officers,  agents  and  assis¬ 
tants  as  may  be  found  necessary,  and  which  said  Board  is  hereby 
authorized  to  appoint.  And  all  such  officers,  agents  and  assis¬ 
tants  shall  hold  their  respective  offices  or  situations  during  the 
pleasure  of  said  Board,  and  they  shall  perform  such  duties  re¬ 
spectively  as  the  Board  shall  assign,  and  receive  such  compen¬ 
sation  as  the  Board,  in  the  absence  of  any  order  of  the  City 
Council  in  relation  thereto,  shall  from  time  to  time  determine. 

Sec.  3.  Said  Board  shall  havejjrffpower  t^pyji^hase 
^ary  si]4ip!4tr?C  to  make  repairs  and  connections  and  locate  and 
erect  hydrants,  and  the  streets  when  broken  up  shall  again  be 
put  in  good  condition  to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Commissioner  of 
Public  Works,  by  and  under  the  direction  of  the  Board. 

Sec.  4.  Said  Board  shall  determine  and  assess  semi-annual¬ 
ly  the  water  rates,  payable  to  the  City  Treasurer  at  his  office,  and 
may  make  abatements  in  all  proper  cases,  and  shall  have  power 
to  establish  rules  and  regulations  for  the  inspection,  material, 
construction,  alteration,  and  use  of  water  pipes  and  water  fix¬ 
tures  connected  with  the  water  supply  of  the  city. 

Sec.  5.  Said  Board  may  sell  such  of  the  personal  property 


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connected  with  the  water  works  as  they  may  deem  expedient, 
subject  to  the  written  approval  of  the  Mayor. 

Sec.  6.  Said  Board  shall  keep  a  suitable  set  of  books 
which  shall  be  open  at  all  times  to  the  inspection  of  the  Com¬ 
mittee  on  “  Water  Supply  ”  of  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  7.  Said  Board  shall  annually,  in  the  month  of  Janu¬ 
ary,  present  to  the  City  Council  a  report  to  and  including  the 
thirty-first  day  of  December  of  the  preceding  year,  containing  a 
full  statement  of  the  doings  of  the  department,  of  the  condition 
of  the  water  works,  and  such  other  matters  as  they  may  deem 
proper. 

Sec.  8.  The  City  Treasurer  shall  receive  and  collect  all 

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water  rates  and  any  other  income,  and  place  the  same  to  thp 
credit  of  the  Water  Department. 

Sec.  9.  All  demands  against  the  city  for  the  account  of  the 
Water  Department  shall  be  examined  by  said  Board,  and  when 
approved  by  them  shall  be  certified  by  the  Auditor  if  found  cor¬ 
rect  and  placed  in  the  hands  of  the  City  Treasurer  for  payment. 

Sec.  10.  All  bills  for  water,  including  the  minimum  charge 
for  water  furnished  by  meter,  shall  be  due  and  payable  to  the 
City  Treasurer  in  advance  on  the  first  day  of  January  and  July. 
Bills  for  specific  supplies  and  charges  for  putting  in  of  service 
pipes  shall  be  due  before  the  water  is  let  on.  In  case  of  non¬ 
payment  of  said  water  rates  for  thirty  days  after  the  same  are 
due,  the  Board  of  Water  Commissioners  may  cause  a  printed 
demand  to  be  left  at  the  premises  where  the  water  is  taken ;  and 
unless  the  said  water  rates  are  paid  within  ten  days  thereafter, 
the  Board  shall  cut  off  the  supply  of  water.  The  water  shall 
not  be  let  on  until  the  amount  due  together  with  two  dollars  for 
shutting  off  and  letting  on  is  paid.  In  case  of  non-payment  of 
water  rent,  the  owner  of  the  premises,  whether  he  is  the  occu¬ 
pant  or  not,  shall  be  required  to  pay  the  same  and  all  charges 
connected  therewith,  provided  he  has  been  duly  notified.  Said 
Section  10  shall  be  printed  upon  every  bill  for  water  rent. 


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No.  27 


AN  ORDINANCE  ESTABLISHING  THE  OFFICE  OF 
CLERK  OF  COMMITTEES,  AND  DEFINING  IIIS 
DUTIES  AND  AMOUNT  OF  SALARY. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows  : 

Section  1.  The  office  of  Clerk  of  Committees  is  hereby 
established. 

The  City  Council  shall  annually  in  the  month  of  January 
and  whenever  a  vacancy  occurs  in  said  office,  elect  a  Clerk 
of  Committees,  who  shall  hold  his  office  until  his  successor  is 
elected,  and  shall  receive  the  sum  of  $300  (three  hundred 
dollars)  per  annum  for  his  services. 

Sec.  2.  The  Clerk  of  Committees  shall  attend  all  regular 
and  special  meetings  of  the  City  Council. 

Sec.  3.  lie  shall  serve  as  clerk  to  all  regular  and  standing 
committees  of  the  Council  except  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Sec.  4.  lie  shall  receive  all  orders  and  documents  referred 
to  the  committees,  from  the  Clerk  of  the  Council,  and  shall 
notify  all  members  of  all  regular  or  special  committees,  of  meet¬ 
ings  of  said  committees. 

Sec.  5.  He  shall  keep  a  full  and  complete  record  of  all 
meetings  of  committees ;  such  records  shall  be  accessible  to 
members  at  all  times. 

Sec.  6.  He  shall  prepare  for  each  committee  all  reports, 
orders  and  resolutions  to  be  reported  to  the  Council. 

Sec.  7.  He  shall  return  all  reports,  orders  and  resolutions* 
to  the  Clerk  of  the  Council. 


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No. 


.AX  ORDINANCE  REGULATING  PLUMBING  IN  THE 


CITY  OF  QUINCY. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  follows : 

Section  1.  No  person  shall  carry  on  the  business  of 
plumbing  unless  he  is  a  plumber  and  shall  have  first  registered 
his  name  and  place  of  business  in  the  office  of  the  Board  of 
Health ;  and  notice  of  an y  change  in  the  place  of  business  of  a 
registered  plumber- shall  be  immediately  given  to  said  Board  ot 
Health. 

Sec.  2  Every  plumber  before  doing  any  work  in  a  build¬ 
ing,  shall,  except  in  the  case  of  the  repair  of  leaks,  file  at  the 
office  of  the  said  Board  of  Health,  a  notice  of  the  work  to  be 
performed,  and  no  such  work  shall  be  done  in  any  building 
without  the  approval  of  said  Board  of  Health  or  its  Inspector  of 
Plumbing. 

Sec.  3  The  plumbing  of  every  building  shall  be  separ¬ 
ately  and  independently  connected  with  the  public  sewer,  when 
such  sewer  is  provided,  or  with  a  proper  and  sufficient  drain 
'connected  thereto  outside  of  the  building,  and  if  no  sewer  is 
provided,  with  a  proper  cesspool. 

Sec.  4.  Pipes  and  other  fixtures  shall  not  be  covered  or 
^concealed  from  view  until  approved  by  the  Board  of  Health,  or 
the  Inspector  appointed  by  them,  who  shall  examine  the  same 
within  two  working  days  after  notice  that  they  are  ready  for 
inspection. 

Sec.  5.  Plumbing  work  shall  not  be  used  unless  the  same 
has  first  been  tested  in  the  presence  of  the  Board  of  Health  or 
its  Inspector  with  the  water  test,  or  if  that  is  not  practicable, 
with  the  peppermint  or  other  reliable  test,  and  approved  by 
them  or  him  in  writing. 

Sec.  6.  Drain  and  connecting  ventilating  pipes  shall  be 
*of  sufficient  size,  and  made  of  cast-iron  within  the  building,  and 


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for  a  distance  of  at  least  ten  feet  outside,  except  that  lead  pipe* 
may  he  used  for  short  connections  exposed  to  view.  Such  pipes 
shall  be  of  uniform  thickness  throughout,  and  shall  have  an 
average  weight  not  less  than  below  specified,  viz  : — 


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Drain  pipes  shall  be  properly  secured  by  irons  to  walls,, 
laid  in  trenches  to  uniform  grade,  or  suspended  to  floor  timbers 
by  strong  iron  hangers.  Every  drain  pipe  shall  be  supplied 
with  a  suitable  trap,  placed  with  an  accessible  clean-out,  at  or 
near  the  point  where  it  leaves  the  building,  and  shall  have  a 
proper  fall.  Drain  pipes  shall  be  carried  above  the  roof  open 
and  undiminished  in  size,  and  to  a  sufficient  height,  not  less  than 
five  feet  above  the  top  of  any  window  within  fifteen  feet. 
Changes  in  direction  shall  be  made  with  curved  pipes,  and  all 
connections  with  horizontal  or  vertical  pipes  shall  be  made  with 
Y  branches ;  all  drain  pipes  shall  be  exposed  to  sight  where 
practicable  within  the  building,  and  shall  not  be  exposed  to 
pressure  where  they  pass  through  walls.  Every  part  of  every 
drain  pipe  below  a  cellar  floor  shall  be  accessible  through  suffi¬ 
cient  unattached  covers. 

Sec.  7  The  water  pipe  of  each  and  every  sink,  basin,  bath 
tub,  water  closet,  slop-hopper,  and  of  each  set  of  trays  or  other 
fixtures  shall  be  furnished  with  a  separate  trap,  which  shall  be 
placed  as  near  as  practicable  to  the  fixture  that  it  serves.  Traps 
shall  be  protected  from  siphonage  or  air  pressure  by  special 
cast-iron  air  pipes  of  a  size  not  less  than  the  waste  pipes  they 
serve,  placed  outside  or  below  the  trap.  Lead  air  pipes  may  be 
used  only  where  they  are  exposed  to  view.  Air  pipes  for  water 
closet  traps  shall  be  of  two-inch  bore  if  thirty  feet  or  less  in 
length,  and  of  three-inch  bore  if  more  than  thirty  feet  in  length. 
Air  pipes  shall  be  run  as  direct  as  practicable.  Two  or  more 


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air  pipes  may  be  connected  together  or  with  a  drain  pipe ;  but 
in  every  case  of  a  connection  with  a  drain  pipe  such  connection 
shall  be  above  the  upper  fixture  of  the  building. 

Sec.  8.  Any  person  violating  any  provision  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance  shall  be  subject  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  fifty  dollars  for 
each  and  every  violation  thereof,  and  his  license  may  be  revoked 
by  the  Board  of  Examiners  of  Plumbers. 

Sec.  9.  No  section  of  this  ordinance  shall  apply  to  any 
plumbing  put  into  any  building  before  the  passage  of  this  ordi¬ 
nance. 


No.  29. 


AN  ORDINANCE  RELATING  TO  THE  MANNER  OF 
EXECUTING  TRANSFERS  OF  THE  CITY’S  IN¬ 
TEREST  IN  REAL  ESTATE. 


Be  it  ordained  by  the  City  Council  of  Quincy ,  as  folloios : 

Section  1.  The  Mayor  may  execute  in  behalf  of  the  city 
all  conveyances,  leases,  and  other  instruments  to  be  executed  by 
the  city  :  but  this  provision  shall  not  be  construed  to  prevent 
any  officer  from  executing  any  conveyance,  lease,  or  other  in¬ 
strument  in  performing  the  duties  devolving  upon  him. 

Sec.  2.  The  Mayor  may,  upon  payment  to  the  City  Col¬ 
lector  of  the  amount  due  on  the  mortgage  of  an  estate  mortgaged 
to  the  city,  discharge  or  release  the  mortgage,  or  assign  the 
same  without  liability  of,  or  recourse  to,  the  city,  and  may  exe¬ 
cute  and  deliver  in  behalf  of  the  city  all  legal  instruments  that 
may  be  necessary  for  said  purpose. 

Sec.  3.  The  Mayor  may,  upon  payment  to  the  City  Col¬ 
lector  of  the  amount  due  on  an  estate  sold  to  the  city  for  non¬ 
payment  of  taxes  or  other  assessment,  execute  and  deliver  in 
behalf  of  the  city  any  and  all  legal  instruments  that  may  be 
necessary  to  transfer  the  city’s  title  to  such  estate. 


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Index  to  Charter 


Acceptance  of  office  -------  22 

Adams  Academy,  Managers  of  -  -  -  -  -  19 

organization  of  -  -  -  -  -  20 

Administrative  officers,  etc.,  appointment  of  19 

to  have  power  of  appointment  and  removal  -  -  21 

certain  officers  to  attend  meetings  of  the  council  -  -  21 

to  furnish  estimates  of  expenses  -  -  -  -  23 

to  be  sworn  --------22 

Assessors  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -18 

organization  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -20 

Auditor  of  accounts  10 

duties  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -20 

Hills  may  be  incurred,  how  ------  25 

Board  of  health  --------19 

organization  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  20 

Bonds,  may  be  required  ------  22 

City  Clerk  --------  18 

to  administer  oath  to  Mayor  and  Council  -  -  -  8 

to  preside  at  election  of  President  of  the  Council  -  -  8 

City  Council  --------  7 

to  meet  on  first  Monday  in  January  9 

organization  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  8 

special  meeting  of-  -  -  -  -  -  -  9 

rules,  etc.  of  -  --  --  --  9 

ordinance  by  -  --  --  --  10 

exclusive  power  in  regard  to  streets,  etc.  -  -  -  10 

vote  of  a  majority  of  all  members  necessary,  when,  -  -  10 

may  make  ordinances,  etc.  -  -  -  -  -  11 

City  Hall,  erection  of  -  .  -  -  -  -  -  -  12 

City  Solicitor  -  -  -  -  -  -  -18 


90 


City  Treasurer  --------18 

to  examine  estimates  ------  23 

duty  of  -  --  --  --  -  25 

Civil  service  rules  -  --  --  --  24 

Clerk  of  the  Council  -  --  --  --  9 

Collector  of  taxes  -  --  --  --18 

Commissioner  of  Public  Works  -  -  -  -  -  17 

duties  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -17 

duties  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  25 

Comptroller  --------  10 

Councilman,  shall  not  hold  other  office  -  -  -  -13 

shall  not  spend  money  appropriated  -  -  -  -  13 

shall  not  act  as  counsel  ------  13 

not  eligible  for  certain  appointments  -  -  -  -  13 

Elections  and  meetings  -------  7 

Eligibility  for  election  or  appointment  to  office  -  -  -  22 

Estimates  of  expenses  -------23 

Executive  department  -------  13 

Fire  department  --------12 

General  Provisions  -  --  --  --22 

Highways  -  -  -  -  -  -  -10 

License  Commissioners  -------19 

Limit  of  indebtedness  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  23,  27 

Mayor,  election  of  -  --  --  --  6 

approval  by------  -  11 

removal  of-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -12 

powers  and  duties  of  ------  13 

salary  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -14 

when  unable  to  perform  duties  -----  14 

vacancy  in  office  of  ------  14 

power  of  appointment  -  -  -  -  -  -  13 

power  of  removal  -------13 

to  examine  estimates  ------  23 

Officers,  to  appear  before  the  Council  at  its  request  -  -  -  23 

Ordinances,  complaints  under  ------  11 

Overseer  of  the  Poor  -  --  --  --18 

Park  Commissioners  -  --  --  --19 

organization  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -20 

laying  out  parks  -------25 

Police  Department  -  --  --  --12 

President  of  the  Council  ------  8 

Public  Burial  Places,  Managers  of  -  -  -  19 

organization  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -20 

Quincy  Water  Co.  -------  11 


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Quincy  Water  Co.  -------  24 

llecord,  to  be  kept  by  boards  and  officers  -  -  -  -  22 

Ttemovals  21 

Salaries,  to  be  established  by  the  Council  -  -  -  -  23 

School  Committee,  election  of  .  -  -  -  -  -15 

organization  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -16 

vacancy  in-  -  -  -  -  -  -  -16 

to  furnish  estimate  of  expenses  -  -  -  -  -  28 

School  department  -------  15 

-Schoolliouse,  erection  of  -  -  -  -  -  -11 

Streets  ---------  10 

Superintendent  of  Schools  ------  16 

Thomas  Crane  Public  Library,  Trustees  of  -  -  19 

to  have  care  of  building  ------  17 

organization  of  -  -  -  -  -  -  -20 

Vacancy,  when  incumbent  ceases  to  be  a  resident  -  -  22 

Wards,  division  into  -------  25 


Index  to  Ordinances. 


Amusements 

Ashes 

Assessors 

Auctioneers 

Auditor  of  Accounts 

Awnings 

Bathing  - 

Bells 

Benzine 

Bicycles 

Billiard  tables 

Booths 

Bowling  alleys  - 
Building  materials 
Building,  moving  of 
Cellars 

Cellars,  grade  of 
Cemeteries 
Circuses 
City  Treasurer 
City  Physician 
City  Clerk 
City  Messenger 
City  Seal 

Clerk  of  Committees 

Coal-holes 

Coasting 

Collector  of  taxes 
Disorderly  behavior 
Electric  wires 
Exhibitions 


94 


Explosive  compounds  - 

Fares  in  hackney  carriages  - 

Fences  etc.  not  to  be  injured  - 
Fire  alarm  telegraph  - 

Firearms  not  to  be  discharged  in  streets 
Fire  Department  - 

salaries  - 

to  have  right  of  way  - 

Fireworks  - 

Fountains  and  watering  troughs 
Frightening  horses  - 

Games  in  street  - 

Gasoline  ------ 

Gunpowder  - 

Hackney  carriages  -  -  -  - 

Hand-bills  -  -  -  -  - 

Health,  Board  of  -  -  -  - 

Hitching  Horses  -  -  -  - 

Horns  ------ 

Horses  not  fastened  -  -  -  - 

Horses,  cows,  etc.  not  to  be  pastured  on  street 
Horses  not  to  go  over  eight  miles  per  hour 
Jobbing  wagons  - 

Junk  ------ 

Lamps  (public)  not  to  be  extinguished 
Licenses  -  -  -  -  - 

Lounging  -  -  -  -  - 

Milk,  inspection  of  - 

Milkmen,  to  be  licensed  -  -  - 

Musical  instruments  in  streets 
Naphtha  -  -  -  -  - 

Numbering  of  buildings  - 

Obscene  marks,  etc.  - 

Obstructing  travel  -  -  -  - 

Order  at  meetings  of  the  Council 
Ordinances,  orders  and  resolutions 
Pedlers  .  - 

Plumbing  - 

Police  department  -  -  -  - 

Police,  Chief  of,  duties  of 
Posters  - 

Profane  language  - 

Public  grounds  -  -  -  - 

Public  Burial  Places  - 


58 

56 

69 
64 
71 
33 
36 

70 
60 

69 

70 

70 
60 
58 
55 
69 
77 

67 
69 

68 
68 
68 
55 

57 
69 
54 

69  . 
75 
75 

71 
60 

70 
69 
68 
39 
46 

58 
81 
79 
79 

69 

70 
66 
51 


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Real  estate,  transfer  of  city’s  interest  in  -  -  87 

Rubbish  --------  67 

Salaries  of  city  officers  ------  72 

Shade  trees  -  --  --  .-  -57 

Shows  ---------  54 

Sidewalks  --------  @7 

Signs  ---------  67 

Singing  in  streets  71 

.Snow  and  ice  to  be  removed  from  roof  -  -  -  71 

Sparring  exhibition  -  --  --  --55 

Stone  dropped  in  street  ------  71 

Streets  ---------  66 

Taking  hold  of  carriages  or  sleighs  -  -  -  -  .70 

Teams  not  to  stop  on  crossings  -  -  -  -  68 

Telegraph  wires  -  --  --  --62 

Telephone  wires  -  --  --  --62 

Toy  pistols  -  --  --  --  _60 

Tricycles  -  --  --  --  -  68 

Truants  -  --  --  --  -78 

Vaccination  --------  47 

Water  Commissioners  -------  81 

Wheelbarrows  --------  68 

Woodward  Fund,  Managers  of  -  -  -  -  -  15 

Wrestling  exhibition  -------  55 


UNIVERSITY  OF  ILLINOIS-URBANA 

352.0744  Q42C18C001 

City  charter  and  ordinances  revised  to  J 


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